QUESTION 51

OF THE ANGELS IN COMPARISON WITH BODIES

(In Three Articles)

We next inquire about the angels in comparison with corporeal things;

and in the first place about their comparison with bodies; secondly,

of the angels in comparison with corporeal places; and, thirdly, of

their comparison with local movement.

Under the first heading there are three points of inquiry:

(1) Whether angels have bodies naturally united to them?

(2) Whether they assume bodies?

(3) Whether they exercise functions of life in the bodies assumed?

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