Wisdom 16:14 (WEB)
But though a man kills by his wickedness, he can’t retrieve the spirit that has departed or release the imprisoned soul.
Catechism · 1
“Nevertheless, already in the Old Testament, God ordained or permitted the making of images that pointed symbolically toward salvation by the incarnate Word: so it was with the bronze serpent, the ark of the covenant, and the cherubim.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Num 21:4-9; Wis 16:5-14; Jn 3:14-15; Ex 25:10-22; 1 Kings 6:23-28; 7:23-26.
Fathers and councils · 1
“Who will tell these people that men are “a spirit that goeth forth and returneth not again,” built up in their mother’s womb by means of a soiled conception, and returning all of them to a soiled earth; inheriting a life that is likened unto grass;…” — editor's note: Wisdom xvi. 14.
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