The triune nature of man

[holy_wood]

**1 Thessalonians 5 **

23 And may the God of peace himself sanctify you in all things; that your whole spirit, and soul, and body, may be preserved blameless in the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

What is the difference between a soul and a spirit.

 

[TorontoCatholic]

1 Thessalonians 5

What is the difference between a soul and a spirit.

For the ancients, the soul was just that which distinguishes living things from non-living things. So plants, animals, and humans all have a soul while rocks don’t. The spirit I believe refers the rational part of the soul that only human beings possess. I think this is what St. Paul is talking about here.

 

[Lazerlike42]

Read the first question here:

catholic.com/thisrock/1994/9409qq.asp

Hopefully it helps a bit.

 

[holy_wood]

that did help.