O, Bless My Soul

Brad Miner reflects on the relationship between the human soul and the body, drawing on his childhood experiences and Catholic teaching.

In a piece for The Catholic Thing, Miner connects early childhood contemplations of existence to the theological understanding of the human person. He references the Council of Vienne (1312), which describes the rational soul as the essential form of the human body. He also cites the Catechism of the Catholic Church (§ 365) to explain that spirit and matter form a single nature in humans rather than two separate natures joined together.