Soul: 9 definitions
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Soul definition and references: –See Spirit
–See Immortality
–See Man, A Spirit
–See Righteous, Future State Of
–See Wicked, Punishment Of
Soul refers to:—The present article is a sequel to that on Punishment, in which literature only of the question concerning future punishment will be briefly stated. The literature of the question concerning the nature and duration of future punishment consists of the following particulars. First, its duration was believed by the heathens to be eternal. Secondly, there is a still more striking similarity between the descriptions both of the nature and duration of future punishment given in the Apocryphal books and those of the New Testament. Thus; 'Woe to the nations which rise up against my kindred! the Lord Almighty will take vengeance on them in the day of judgment, in putting fire and worms in their flesh; and they shall feel them, and weep for ever' (comp.; ). These terms seem borrowed from Isaiah's description of a different subject. Thirdly, Josephus describes the doctrine of everlasting punishment as being held by the Pharisees and Essenes: 'that the souls of the wicked should be punished with perpetual punishment, and that there was appointed for them a perpetual prison' (De Bell. Jud. ii. 8. 11, 14; Antiq. xviii. 1, 3).
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Soul refers to:—The use of the term in the OT (Heb. nephesh ) for any animated being, whether human or animal ( Genesis 1:20 ‘life,’ Genesis 2:7 ), must be distinguished from the Greek philosophical use for the immaterial substance which gives life to the body, and from the use in the NT (Gr. psyche ) where more stress is laid on individuality ( Matthew 16:26 RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ). As the Bible does not contain a scientific psychology, it is vain to dispute whether it teaches that man’s nature is bipartite (body and soul or spirit) or tripartite (body and soul and spirit): yet a contrast between soul and spirit(Heb. ruach , Gr. pneuma ) may be recognized; while the latter is the universal principle imparting life from the Creator, the former is the individual organism possessed of life in the creature ( Genesis 2:7 ‘breath of life’ and ‘living soul’). In some passages the terms are used as equivalent ( Isaiah 26:9 , Luke 1:46-47 , Philippians 1:27 RV [Note: Revised Version.] ), in others a distinction is made ( Hebrews 4:12 , 1 Thessalonians 5:23 ). The distinction is this: ‘soul’ expresses man as apart from God, a separate individual; ‘spirit’ expresses man as drawing his life from God (cf. John 10:11 , ‘life’ = ‘soul,’ and John 19:30 ). This separate individuality may renounce its dependence and refuse its submission to God. Hence the adjective ‘psychical’ may be rendered sensual ( James 3:15 , Judges 1:19 [RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] ‘Or, natural .
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Search found 639 books and stories containing Soul, The soul, Souls; (plurals include: Souls, The souls, Soulses). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Pistis Sophia (by G.R.S. Mead)
Complete works of Swami Abhedananda (by Swami Prajnanananda)
Chapter 5 - Theory of Transmigration < [Discourse 3 - Reincarnation]
Chapter 1 - The Steps towards Perfection < [Discourse 8 - The Steps towards Perfection]
Vedanta Philosophy < [Discourse 5 - Vedanta Philosophy]
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Chapter 1: Life in Utpala < [Book 11]
Part 5 - On the base of space < [Chapter 6]
Part 4 - Space-points of the Soul placed on a Space-point of the Sky < [Chapter 10]
Summa Theologica (English translation) (by St. Thomas Aquinas)
Question. 89 - Of the knowledge of the separated soul (eight articles) < [Treatise on man]
Question. 69 - Of matters concerning the resurrection, and first of the place where souls are after death (seven articles) < [Treatise on the resurrection]
Question. 75 - Of Man Who is Composed of a Spiritual and a Corporeal Substance < [Treatise on man]
Yuktimallika by Vadiraja (critical study) (by Gururaj K. Nippani)
13. The idea of Jivabrahmaikya is contrary to reason < [Critical exposition (3) Bhedasaurabha]
16. Establishing the ultimate supremacy of the Lord < [Critical exposition (5) Phalasaurabha]
3. The main tenets of the Dvaita Philosophy < [Contribution of Vadiraja]
Calling Back the Soul < [Volume 14, Issue 4 (2023)]
In Loving Memory? Indecent Forgetting of the Dead in Continental Sister-Books... < [Volume 14, Issue 7 (2023)]
The Iconographic Couple of St Michael as Weigher of Souls and the Protecting... < [Volume 16, Issue 6 (2025)]