Comments on: Ensoulment Theories and the Abortion Debate

By: sheetpan

sheetpan — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:01:20 +0000

All is folly, these concepts are impossible to know with any truthful certainty. Yet we spend so much time and energy on conjecture. To me, it is simply this; What kind of a thinking species kills its own unborn while still in the womb? Weather it has a soul or not. What kind of Idiotic criteria is that?

By: Bruce Barron

Bruce Barron — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:32:47 +0000

Since it is obvious that the conceptus has a human nature, and natures are not just flying about devoid of a subject,the subject of a human nature must be a person.Therefore the conceptus must be a person since there is self evidently a human nature present in the conceptus.

By: Bruce Barron

Bruce Barron — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 19:25:11 +0000

I would like to add one more note.The nature of a thing is its principle of operation. Now it is impossible for a principle of operation not to have an operator or some being in possession of this operation. A human being with this principle of operation is called a person and must necessarily be so.Since the conceptus is a human being with a principle of operation which defines what it is,that is, its nature, it must necessarily be a person and have a soul.

By: Bruce Barron

Bruce Barron — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 18:49:55 +0000

The conceptus has all the matter necessary to be a person. Just as the acorn is the smallest tree so the conceptus is the smallest person.
The nature of a thing is that which makes it what it is. Since the conceptus is human and an actual being,which is self evident,it must necessarily have a human nature. And since the conceptus must have a human nature the conceptus must be a human being. Now there is no such as a human being[a being is anything that exists] or human nature without a subject of such a nature. The subject of the being of this nature is necessarily a person. Again the conceptus is the smallest person.
Of necessity since it has all the requirements to be a person the soul must necessarily be infused at the moment of conception.

By: Sara Gordon

Sara Gordon — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:34:21 +0000

Thank you. This explanation of ensoulment saved my unborn child’s life. How fortunate we are to have him!

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By: Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.

Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M. — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:13:52 +0000

“Syngamy” is “the union of gametes, as in fertilization or conjugation; sexual reproduction.” “Penetration” is the marital act itself, i.e., copulation. The latter can take place without the former. Not every marital act results in fertilization.

By: michael asciak

michael asciak — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:52:55 +0000

why would you say syngamy not penetration? Although I agree with you it is nice to hear your reasons.