Angels, including Satan, are not temporal, physical beings. Therefore the concept of them being limited to a particular place and time are meaningless, sort of like saying “what does the number 7 smell like”How is it possible for a being other than God to be in more than 1place at a time? I thought God was the only being able to do this…but if satan can do this, that would mean, every other angel an also do this too.
Still, angels are mere creatures that are limited and finite. Only God is unlimited Pure Spirit and infinite. My soul/spirit and Satan’s spirit never die, but still they are not considered infinite, as God is. God bless you.Angels, including Satan, are not temporal, physical beings. Therefore the concept of them being limited to a particular place and time are meaningless, sort of like saying “what does the number 7 smell like”
A number is an idea, and a smell is a physical property. Angels are non-physical, therefore physical limitations are not applicable.
Here is a site where some saints are named who had the gift of bilocation…being in two places at one time. For those interested…The question before us seems to be, if hell is a place and earth is a place, and Satan appears in both places, does he exist in both places simultaneously or alternately? Support for the answer???
A priest once said that Satan’s punishment is eternal, but not constant. Perhaps he was referring to being in hell as punishment and being on earth as respite?
The saints are given the gift of bilocation because they are restricted physically to one place at a time while living on earth and can not travel as the angels do, darting from one distant place to another* instantaneously*, e.g. from Heaven or Hell to earth and back, in less time than a flicker of the eye. I’ve never heard of angels or pure spirits bilocating. Yes, the good angels’ vision and state of being never ceases to behold God in the beatific vision, even when they come down to earth in human form like St. Michael, St. Raphael and St. Gabriel did. But their spirit does travel physically from one place to another instantaneously, as only an angelic messenger can; while their vision and state of being remains fixed either on the beatific vision (for the good angels) or on the fiery tortures and deprivation of God found in hell (for the bad angels). God bless you.Here is a site where some saints are named who had the gift of bilocation…being in two places at one time. For those interested…
miraclesofthesaints.com/2010/09/bilocation-of-st-padre-pio.html
So it seems if they could do it, then why not the pure spirits of angels and devils?
May God bless and keep you. May God’s face shine on you. May God be kind to you and give you peace.
- The fallen angels are engaged in battling against man’s salvation and in torturing lost souls in hell. The fallen angels that beset man on earth, carry with them their own dark and punishing atmosphere, and wherever they are they endure the pains of hell.
Im pretty sure there is a description of an angel in the bible somewhere…something like, them having 6 sets of wings, with ‘eyes’ covering all parts, also said to be adorned with alot of precious stones/ jewels…this is clearly more than just a spirit, as they have a form to appear in.Angels, including Satan, are not temporal, physical beings. Therefore the concept of them being limited to a particular place and time are meaningless, sort of like saying “what does the number 7 smell like”
A number is an idea, and a smell is a physical property. Angels are non-physical, therefore physical limitations are not applicable.
If we read St. Thomas, we can gather that the demons bring hell with them as they travel.
There are many descriptions of angels in the Bible and these descriptions differ. I would presume that angels take on various physical forms as opposed to having a fixed physical form. Satan, a fallen angel, also has the ability to take on different physical forms.Im pretty sure there is a description of an angel in the bible somewhere…something like, them having 6 sets of wings, with ‘eyes’ covering all parts, also said to be adorned with alot of precious stones/ jewels…this is clearly more than just a spirit, as they have a form to appear in.
Angels don’t have physical bodies because they are spiritual beings. An angel can appear however and there are depictions of them.There are many descriptions of angels in the Bible and these descriptions differ. I would presume that angels take on various physical forms as opposed to having a fixed physical form. Satan, a fallen angel, also has the ability to take on different physical forms.
Does anyone know if saints do actually bilocate? Does anyone know St. Thomas Aquinas’ teaching about angels?The saints are given the gift of bilocation because they are restricted physically to one place at a time while living on earth and can not travel as the angels do, darting from one distant place to another* instantaneously*, e.g. from Heaven or Hell to earth and back, in less time than a flicker of the eye. I’ve never heard of angels or pure spirits bilocating. Yes, the good angels’ vision and state of being never ceases to behold God in the beatific vision, even when they come down to earth in human form like St. Michael, St. Raphael and St. Gabriel did. But their spirit does travel physically from one place to another instantaneously, as only an angelic messenger can; while their vision and state of being remains fixed either on the beatific vision (for the good angels) or on the fiery tortures and deprivation of God found in hell (for the bad angels). God bless you.
Angels are spirit.Im pretty sure there is a description of an angel in the bible somewhere…something like, them having 6 sets of wings, with ‘eyes’ covering all parts, also said to be adorned with alot of precious stones/ jewels…this is clearly more than just a spirit, as they have a form to appear in.
God is also pure spirit, yet we are created in his IMAGE.Angels don’t have physical bodies because they are spiritual beings. An angel can appear however and there are depictions of them.
When it is said that man is created in the image and likeness of God, the reference is to the immaterial part of man.God is also pure spirit, yet we are created in his IMAGE.
This does not mean what we look like in terms of flesh and bones. It is the immaterial part of man as MtnDwellar pointed out.God is also pure spirit, yet we are created in his IMAGE.
They way that the* Catechism* explains image is:1701 "Christ, . . . in the very revelation of the mystery of the Father and of his love, makes man fully manifest to himself and brings to light his exalted vocation."2 It is in Christ, "the image of the invisible God,"3 that man has been created “in the image and likeness” of the Creator. It is in Christ, Redeemer and Savior, that the divine image, disfigured in man by the first sin, has been restored to its original beauty and ennobled by the grace of God.4God is also pure spirit, yet we are created in his IMAGE.
If Satan’s **completely **evil, how can any sinner be worse?Yes, Lucifer is evil. He was the original sinner. A lot of sinners are worse than Lucifer, but old Lucy is completely evil.
Lucifer only hated God. Sinners hate everyone. Besides, old Lucy was never redeemed. He would never be guilty of despising mercy or Jesus’ blood.If Satan’s **completely **evil, how can any sinner be worse?
BTW, I prefer not to use the name “Lucifer” as I believe it to be a misnomer.
What I really meant to say above is: Does anyone know if ANGELS do actually bilocate? I’d like to know what St. Thomas Aquinas teaches about this. I suppose it is possible that they bilocate like saints do. But I know that angels exists outside of space and time so I don’t know if they are to be understood in the same way as saints are understood, that is, as far as bilocation is concerned. God bless you.Does anyone know if saints do actually bilocate? Does anyone know St. Thomas Aquinas’ teaching about angels?
He is not completely evil, as the bible tells us EVERYTHING God made was GOOD, there is some good in him, but he has chosen his own path.Yes, Lucifer is evil. He was the original sinner. A lot of sinners are worse than Lucifer, but old Lucy is completely evil.