Great question! Augustine means that God’s divine activity is seen in material acts but he remains invisible to our eyes. So that’s what he means by body here. We see the effects of God’s invisible activity through the external acts within the created order
Grateful for the article.
How do you reconcile:
"one cannot locate inseparable operations in a body"
with texts like 1 Cor 6.19, "do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you"
and texts like Gal 1.16 "he was pleased to reveal his son in me"
Great question! Augustine means that God’s divine activity is seen in material acts but he remains invisible to our eyes. So that’s what he means by body here. We see the effects of God’s invisible activity through the external acts within the created order