Dimensions of quantity are accidents consequent to the corporeity which belongs to the whole matter. Objection 1. But the proper totality of substance is contained indifferently in a small or large quantity; as the whole nature of air in a great or small amount of air, and the whole nature of a man in a big or small individual. Further, what is spiritual is connected with what is corporeal by virtual contact. Therefore if the intellect and Socrates are united in the above manner, the action of the intellect cannot be attributed to Socrates. vii, 6). The dimensive quantity of Christ's body is in this sacrament not by way of commensuration, which is proper to quantity, and to which it belongs for the greater to be extended beyond the lesser; but in the way mentioned above (ad 1,2). And because it observes that this is something common to man and to other animals, it forms thence the notion of the "genus"; while that wherein the intellectual soul exceeds the sensitive soul, it takes as formal and perfecting; thence it gathers the "difference" of man. Whence it follows that elements in the mixed body would be distinct as to situation. [a] Objection 1: It seems that the intellectual principle is not united to the body as its form. Instead of all these, man has by nature his reason and his hands, which are "the organs of organs" (De Anima iii), since by their means man can make for himself instruments of an infinite variety, and for any number of purposes. Objection 6. How it is caused will be shown later on (I:117:1). Therefore the entire Christ is not contained under this sacrament. Therefore if the form, which is the means of knowledge, is materialthat is, not abstracted from material conditionsits likeness to the nature of a species or genus will be according to the distinction and multiplication of that nature by means of individuating principles; so that knowledge of the nature of a thing in general will be impossible. Is the body of Christ in this sacrament locally? Question 76. Reply to Objection 4. This is contrary to the teaching of the Philosopher, who holds that understanding is not possible through a corporeal instrument (De Anima iii, 4). But that it is not outside the superficies of the sacrament, nor on any other part of the altar, is due not to its being there definitively or circumscriptively, but to its being there by consecration and conversion of the bread and wine, as stated above (Article 1; 15, 2, sqq.). But the intellectual principle has per se existence and is subsistent, as was said above (I:75:2). Pagans say that the existence of a powerful God is an illusion and misleading. Reply to Objection 1. Yet the first act is said to be in potentiality to the second act, which is operation; for such a potentiality "does not reject"that is, does not excludethe soul. But Christ's body is at rest in heaven. vi, 1). If, however, the intellectual soul be united to the body as its substantial form, as we have said above (Article 1), it is impossible for another substantial form besides the intellectual soul to be found in man. Reply to Objection 2. Therefore the intellectual soul had to be united to such a body, and not to a simple element, or to a mixed body, in which fire was in excess; because otherwise there could not be an equability of temperament. It seems that the whole dimensive quantity of Christ's body is not in this sacrament. But all men are of one species. Thirdly, because the action of a motor is never attributed to the thing moved, except as to an instrument; as the action of a carpenter to a saw. The soul is indeed very distant from the body, if we consider the condition of each separately: so that if each had a separate existence, many means of connection would have to intervene. Likewise it is evident that it is not in this sacrament circumscriptively, because it is not there according to the commensuration of its own quantity, as stated above. Reply to Objection 3. Further, since the form is the principle of the species, one form cannot produce a variety of species. Question. Now the accidents of Christ's body are in this sacrament by means of the substance; so that the accidents of Christ's body have no immediate relationship either to this sacrament or to adjacent bodies; consequently they do not act on the medium so as to be seen by any corporeal eye. Reply to Objection 2. In order to make this evident, we must consider that the substantial form differs from the accidental form in this, that the accidental form does not make a thing to be "simply," but to be "such," as heat does not make a thing to be simply, but only to be hot. Now it is clear that no matter how the intellect is united or coupled to this or that man, the intellect has the precedence of all the other things which appertain to man; for the sensitive powers obey the intellect, and are at its service. Is the entire Christ under each species of the sacrament? And although the truth corresponds with the figure, still the figure cannot equal it. This is the case with every form which, if considered as an act, is very distant from matter, which is a being only in potentiality. But if we mean totality of species and essence, then the whole whiteness is in each part of a surface. For the common nature is understood as apart from the individuating principles; whereas such is not its mode of existence outside the soul. Thus from the very operation of the intellect it is made clear that the intellectual principle is united to the body as its form. And this indeed is seen to happen when it is beheld by everyone under such an appearance, and it remains so not for an hour, but for a considerable time; and, in this case some think that it is the proper species of Christ's body. Secondly, this is proved to be impossible by the manner in which one thing is predicated of another. In the same way several intellects understand one object understood. But the body has a substantial form by which it is a body. For the body of Christ is indeed present under the species of bread by the power of the sacrament, while the blood is there from real concomitance, as stated above (Article 1, Reply to Objection 1) in regard to the soul and Godhead of Christ; and under the species of wine the blood is present by the power of the sacrament, and His body by real concomitance, as is also His soul and Godhead: because now Christ's blood is not separated from His body, as it was at the time of His Passion and death. Therefore, the glorified eye can see Christ's body as it is in this sacrament. For it would follow that Socrates and Plato are one man; and that they are not distinct from each other, except by something outside the essence of each. We must therefore conclude that in man the sensitive soul, the intellectual soul, and the nutritive soul are numerically one soul. iv). And since in this way no change is made in the sacrament, it is manifest that, when such apparition occurs, Christ does not cease to be under this sacrament. I answer that, It is absolutely impossible for one intellect to belong to all men. Therefore Christ's body is in this sacrament locally. We must observe, however, that since the soul requires variety of parts, its relation to the whole is not the same as its relation to the parts; for to the whole it is compared primarily and essentially, as to its proper and proportionate perfectible; but to the parts, secondarily, inasmuch as they are ordained to the whole. But every body occupying a place is in the place according to the manner of dimensive quantity, namely, inasmuch as it is commensurate with the place according to its dimensive quantity. Therefore we must say, in accordance with the Philosopher (De Gener. And so the Philosopher says (De Anima iii) that the intellect is separate, because it is not the faculty of a corporeal organ. Now an action may be attributed to anyone in three ways, as is clear from the Philosopher (Phys. Is the whole Christ under this sacrament? But the organ of touch requires to be a medium between contraries, such as hot and cold, wet and dry, and the like, of which the sense of touch has the perception; thus it is in potentiality with regard to contraries, and is able to perceive them. Reply to Objection 1. The Summa Theologi of St. Thomas AquinasSecond and Revised Edition, 1920Literally translated by Fathers of the English Dominican ProvinceOnline Edition Copyright 2017 by Kevin Knight Nihil Obstat. But the form of the thing understood is not received into the intellect materially and individually, but rather immaterially and universally: otherwise the intellect would not be capable of the knowledge of immaterial and universal objects, but only of individuals, like the senses. Hence in no way is Christ's body locally in this sacrament. And among men, those who have the best sense of touch have the best intelligence. But this would be impossible if the essence of the sensitive soul were the same as that of the intellectual soul; for an animal is such by its sensitive soul, while a man is a man by the intellectual soul. Neither, therefore, if this sacrament be reserved until morning, will Christ's body be there; and so it is not immovably in this sacrament. So therefore quantitative totality cannot be attributed to the soul, either essentially or accidentally. And this seems to happen when to one person it is seen under the species of flesh or of a child, while to others it is seen as before under the species of bread; or when to the same individual it appears for an hour under the appearance of flesh or a child, and afterwards under the appearance of bread. For corruptible and incorruptible are not of the same substance. Reply to Objection 1. Further, various forms of one species require various parts of matter. On the contrary, Of one thing there is but one substantial being. It would seem that besides the intellectual soul there are in man other souls essentially different from one another, such as the sensitive soul and the nutritive soul. Therefore also the soul is thus united to the body. Reply to Objection 3. The Perfection of God 5. Further, the place of the bread and wine is not empty, because nature abhors a vacuum; nor is the substance of the bread there, as stated above (III:75:2); but only the body of Christ is there. Reply to Objection 3. It seems that Christ's body is not truly there when flesh or a child appears miraculously in this sacrament. Reply to Objection 1. Reply to Objection 2. Edus. After the consecration, is the body of Christ moved when the host or chalice is moved? Reply to Objection 3. Objection 1. Is the entire Christ under every part of the species? For it is not in each part of the body, with regard to each of its powers; but with regard to sight, it is in the eye; and with regard to hearing, it is in the ear; and so forth. Reply to Objection 1. Reply to Objection 3. catholicism angels st-thomas-aquinas summa-theologica metaphysics user60527 asked Nov 2, 2022 at 22:05 1 vote 1 answer 111 views Objection 1. Consequently the body of Christ fills that place. Sometimes it happens on the part of the beholders, whose eyes are so affected as if they outwardly saw flesh, or blood, or a child, while no change takes place in the sacrament. Nor is it less impossible for anything to be a medium between substance and accident. The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265-1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274) although it was never finished. The human soul, by reason of its perfection, is not a form merged in matter, or entirely embraced by matter. Therefore the entire dimensive quantity of Christ's body is in this sacrament. Reply to Objection 1. Further, if it be said that the sensitive soul in man is incorruptible; on the contrary, "corruptible and incorruptible differ generically," says the Philosopher, Metaph. Part 1, Question 76 557 power. And the higher we advance in the nobility of forms, the more we find that the power of the form excels the elementary matter; as the vegetative soul excels the form of the metal, and the sensitive soul excels the vegetative soul. 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