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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"Who perceives that the spirit of man is the one that ascends on high while the spirit of the beast is the one that descends down into the earth?" But this seems to be blasphemy: for who knows if the spirit of the sons of man ascends upwards, or if the spirit of beasts goes downwards into the earth? He does not contend that there is no difference between animals and men in reference to the dignity of the soul, but in adding "who?" he wants to show the difficulty of the matter. …
Bonaventure
But only in these things is the likeness apparent, but the difference in the soul does not appear. Who knows whether the spirit of the children of Adam ascends upward? to heaven, namely to recompense, or downward through corruption: just as conversely, whether the spirit of beasts descends downward? through corruption, or even upward, as also that of man, to the retribution of judgment. Few have known this: many have erred and held that the spirits of man and beast are uniform. …
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