Chapter 176 — That the bodies of the damned will be passible and yet complete, and without glorious qualities

Even as we said above, in speaking of the saints, that the beatitude of the soul will in some manner flow over to the body, so too the suffering of souls will flow over to the bodies of the damned. Yet we must observe that misery does not exclude the good of nature from the body, any more than it does from the soul. Therefore, the bodies of the damned will be complete in their kind, although they will not have those qualities that go with the glory of the blessed. That is, they will not be subtle and impassible; rather, they will remain in their grossness and capacity for suffering, or these defects will even be heightened in them. Nor will they be agile, but scarcely maneuverable by the soul. Lastly, they will not be radiant but will be dark, so that the darkness of the soul may be displayed in the body, as is intimated in Isaiah 13:8: Their countenances shall be as faces burnt.