1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Ecclesiastes 12:7 | And the dust return into its earth, from whence it was, and the spirit return to God, who gave it. | It. Man is composed of two distinct parts; the destination of which we ought never to forget. Thus the objection of infidels (chap. 3:19.) is refuted. Plato and some of the ancients had the same idea of the soul's spiritual nature; though some took it to be an aerial body. (Calmet) |