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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Ver. 21. Whether his sons be in honour or dishonour, he perceiveth not. For as they, who are still living, know nothing of the souls of the dead, in what place they are held; so the dead, concerning the life of those living after them in the flesh, know not at all how it is ordered; in that both the life of the spirit is far from the life of the flesh, and as the corporeal and incorporeal are things different in kind, so are they parted in knowledge. …
Thomas Aquinas
But someone could object that, although man does not return after death to life, he does not still pass away perpetually because he still lives on in a sense in his sons. The words of Baldath seem to have spoken to this theme when he said, "This is the joy of its life, that others may be brought forth from the earth again." (8:19) But Job excludes this saying, "Whether his sons are noble or base, he will not understand." He means here: Man seizes eternal good by the intellect and so he also naturally desires it. …
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