naturaliter unitur; est enim secundum suam essentiam
corporis forma; est igitur contra naturam animaae absque corpore esse.
Nihil autem quod est contra naturam potest esse perpetuum ... oportet
eam (animam) corpori iterato conjungi, quod est resurgere. Sum.
contr. gent., lib. 4, cap. 79. .... Ad secundum, dicendum quod anima
Abrahae non est proprie loquendo ipso Abraham, sed pars eius, et sic
de aliis. Unde vita animae Abrahae non sufficeret ad hoc quod Abraham
sit vivens, vel quod Deus Abraham sit Deus viventis: sed exigitur
vita totius conjuncti, scilicet animae et corporis, quae quidem vita
quamvis non esset in actu, quando verba proponebantur, erat tamen in
ordine utriusque partis ad resurrectionem: unde Dominus per verba
illa subtilissime et efficaciter resurrectionem profit.--S. Thom.,
Suppl., q. 75, art. 1.

We are not angels, but men. An angel is a superior being, and of a
different order from us. He is a spirit, and complete as such without
a body. But the human soul, although a spirit too, is not perfect
without a body; for, as such, she is only a part of the being called
man. Besides, it is not the soul alone that is to enjoy the happiness
of heaven; it is man. And as he is composed of both soul and body, it
is necessary that the soul should again be clothed with her body, so
that man may be placed in the enjoyment of heaven's happiness in his
whole being.

2. Theology teaches, in the second place, that the happiness of the
blessed is increased by the resurrection, because the soul is enabled
to receive new pleasures by her reunion with a glorified body. And,
first, the human soul, which is not only intellectual, but also
sensitive, receives those organs by which she is again enabled to
exercise her imagination, and other faculties of her emotional or
sensitive nature; all of which are sources of great enjoyment.
Secondly, by her reunion with the body, she is again empowered to
receive pleasure through the glorified senses. Thirdly, the soul is
made more perfect in all her operations by her reunion with a
glorified body.* The human body as now constituted, or rather as
injured by sin, does not, it is true, always perfect the soul in her
operations; it rather impedes her, at hast in many of them. Hence,
the Wise Man tells us that "The corruptible body is a load upon the
soul, and the earthly habitation presseth down the mind that museth
many things."+ If therefore, a glorified soul were reunited to such a
b