do catholics believe there is both a spirit and a ghost/soul inside humans? and why?

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do catholics believe there is both a spirit and a ghost/soul inside humans? and why?

i'm not clear on this matter because i was taught acording to orthodoxy that humans are only flesh and soul.

2006-07-18 08:38:05 · 2 answers · asked by TRC 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality

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Humans are only flesh and soul. The Holy Spirit may reside in us.

2006-07-18 08:43:59 · answer #1 · answered by Caritas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

The Catholic Church teaches:

The soul is the spiritual principle of human beings.

The soul is the subject of human consciousness and freedom; soul and body together form one unique human nature.

Each human soul is individual and immortal, immediately created by God.

The soul does not die with the body, from which it is separated by death, and with which it will be reunited in the final resurrection.

With love in Christ.

2006-07-19 00:37:03 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋