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Soul , Soul
In the Bible
The personality was considered as a whole in the biblical period. Thus the soul was not sharply distinguished from the body. In bib… Pierre Soule , Pierre Soulé
Pierre Soulé (1801-1870), French-born American politician, lawyer, and diplomat, was active in Louisiana politics and pre-Civil War dipl… Immortality , The doctrine that the human soul is immortal and will continue to exist after man's death and the dissolution of his body is one of the cornerstones… Afterlife , Judaism has always maintained a belief in an afterlife, but the forms which this belief has assumed and the modes in which it has been expressed have… Plotinus , Plotinus
PLOTINUS
Neoplatonic philosopher; b. probably in Upper Egypt, a.d. 205; d. Rome, 270. Plotinus's race is not known, but by education and cul… Ascension , ASCENSION . In many purely literary works the theme of a heavenly journey is employed only for adventure's sake, but according to the majority of rel…
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