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Incorporeality is "the state or quality of being incorporeal or bodiless; immateriality; incorporealism."[1]Incorporeal (Greek: ἀσώματος[2]) means "Not composed of matter; having no material existence.[3]"
Incorporeality is a quality of souls, spirits, and God in many religions, including the currently major denominations and schools of Islam, Christianity and Judaism. In ancient philosophy, any attenuated "thin" matter such as air, aether, fire or light was considered incorporeal.[4] The ancient Greeks believed air, as opposed to solid earth, to be incorporeal, insofar as it is less resistant to movement; and the ancient Persians believed fire to be incorporeal in that every soul was said to be produced from it.[5] In modern philosophy, a distinction between the incorporeal and immaterial is not necessarily maintained: a body is described as incorporeal if it is not made out of matter.
In the problem of universals, universals are separable from any particular embodiment in one sense, while in another, they seem inherent nonetheless. Aristotle offered a hylomorphic account of abstraction in contrast to Plato's world of Forms. Aristotle used the Greek terms soma (body) and hyle (matter, literally "wood").
The notion that a causally effective incorporeal body is even coherent requires the belief that something can affect what's material, without physically existing at the point of effect. A ball can directly affect another ball by coming in direct contact with it, and is visible because it reflects the light that directly reaches it. An incorporeal field of influence, or immaterial body could not perform these functions because they have no physical construction with which to perform these functions. Following Newton, it became customary to accept action at a distance as brute fact, and to overlook the philosophical problems involved in so doing.
Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (see also Mormonism) believe that both God the Father, and Jesus Christ have physical bodies "of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s".[6][7] They view the mainstream Christian belief in God's incorporeality as being founded upon a post-Apostolic departure from this doctrine of an anthropomorphic, corporeal God,[8] a doctrine which they claim better aligns with the traditional Judeo-Christian belief. Mainstream Christianity has always interpreted anthropomorphic references to God in Scripture as non-literal, poetic, and symbolic.[citation needed]
^Holland, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ImageElder Jeffrey R. "The Grandeur of God". www.churchofjesuschrist.org.
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incorporeality, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, contains, many, overly, lengthy, quotations, please, help, summarize, quotations, conside. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article contains too many or overly lengthy quotations Please help summarize the quotations Consider transferring direct quotations to Wikiquote or excerpts to Wikisource September 2021 This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia s quality standards You can help The talk page may contain suggestions September 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message Incorporeality is the state or quality of being incorporeal or bodiless immateriality incorporealism 1 Incorporeal Greek ἀswmatos 2 means Not composed of matter having no material existence 3 Incorporeality is a quality of souls spirits and God in many religions including the currently major denominations and schools of Islam Christianity and Judaism In ancient philosophy any attenuated thin matter such as air aether fire or light was considered incorporeal 4 The ancient Greeks believed air as opposed to solid earth to be incorporeal insofar as it is less resistant to movement and the ancient Persians believed fire to be incorporeal in that every soul was said to be produced from it 5 In modern philosophy a distinction between the incorporeal and immaterial is not necessarily maintained a body is described as incorporeal if it is not made out of matter In the problem of universals universals are separable from any particular embodiment in one sense while in another they seem inherent nonetheless Aristotle offered a hylomorphic account of abstraction in contrast to Plato s world of Forms Aristotle used the Greek terms soma body and hyle matter literally wood The notion that a causally effective incorporeal body is even coherent requires the belief that something can affect what s material without physically existing at the point of effect A ball can directly affect another ball by coming in direct contact with it and is visible because it reflects the light that directly reaches it An incorporeal field of influence or immaterial body could not perform these functions because they have no physical construction with which to perform these functions Following Newton it became customary to accept action at a distance as brute fact and to overlook the philosophical problems involved in so doing Contents 1 Theology 1 1 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints 2 See also 3 ReferencesTheology editChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints edit Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints see also Mormonism believe that both God the Father and Jesus Christ have physical bodies of flesh and bones as tangible as man s 6 7 They view the mainstream Christian belief in God s incorporeality as being founded upon a post Apostolic departure from this doctrine of an anthropomorphic corporeal God 8 a doctrine which they claim better aligns with the traditional Judeo Christian belief Mainstream Christianity has always interpreted anthropomorphic references to God in Scripture as non literal poetic and symbolic citation needed See also editAbstract and concrete Being Ghost Idolatry Materialism Matter Metaphysics Non physical entity Transparency and translucency VacuumReferences edit Porter Noah ed 1913 Webster s Revised Unabridged Dictionary Springfield Mass C amp G Merriam Co ἀswmatos LOGEION Incorporeal Meaning of Incorporeal by Lexico Archived from the original on January 28 2020 Priestley Joseph Disquisitions of Matter and Spirit p 212 Priestley Joseph Disquisitions of Matter and Spirit p 235 Doctrine and Covenants 130 www churchofjesuschrist org God the Father www churchofjesuschrist org Holland Elder Jeffrey R Holland Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles ImageElder Jeffrey R The Grandeur of God www churchofjesuschrist org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Incorporeality amp oldid 1204247261, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
