The English word "body"

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Hi, all!
I did several searches of CAF, and I don’t think this is redundant, but I apologize if it is…
  1. I have heard that in Heaven there is no time.
  2. A “body” is something which exists in space-time.
  3. But, as Catholics we believe that Jesus, Mary, and possibly a couple of others (Elijah, Enoch) have bodies in Heaven.
… Is the word “body” being used univocally, analogously, or equivocally here?
 
After the 2nd coming I was under the assumption we get a glorified eternal body. That body will not be held to time as it will not rot or age like our bodies will now. So body as we know it now cannot compare to a glorified body except that we will have our identity.
 
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I don’t think Webster’s definitions can accurately describe things we don’t yet know. You’ll have to study a whole new dictionary once you get there.
 
I can suggest the book Theology for Beginners by Frank Sheed. He particularly tackles this concept of “eternity”.

Remember, what we call “heaven” is actually the Beatific Vision. We can be admitted to the beatific vision with or without a physical body. And our glorified body can exist in or outside of time. Your #2 assumes time is a necessary component of having a physical body because that is the only type of physical reality you currently know.
 
@LittleFlower378 @Theo520 @1ke Thanks for your help on this thread! I think I (kind of) get it now… the glorified body is like, but unlike, a “pre-death” body. There is another kind of reality which we don’t yet know, which is “physical”, but not in the way we understand & experience “physical” reality…
Thanks again for you guys’ help!
 
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