Thomas Aquinas argued that prayers addressed to saints (excluding the Blessed Virgin Mary) should be directed to the 'soul of the saint' rather than the saint themselves, because the soul is only a complete person when united with the body.

Authors

• Person: Howard Robinson Organization: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition)

Sources

• Dualism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Winter 2016 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Howard Robinson · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy via serper

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• body concept
• soul concept
• Thomas Aquinas entity