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people_n with_o who_o he_o deal_v who_o hold_v that_o nothing_o can_v possible_o exist_v in_o nature_n without_o a_o body_n tertullian_n therefore_o in_o that_o only_a regard_n do_v purposely_o call_v the_o substance_n of_o spirit_n and_o devil_n by_o the_o name_n of_o a_o body_n lycanthropus_n yea_o 409._o but_o tertullian_n avouch_v further_a that_o god_n himself_o be_v also_o a_o body_n and_o therefore_o much_o more_o that_o spirit_n and_o devil_n they_o have_v their_o body_n his_o word_n be_v these_o who_o will_v deny_v god_n himself_o to_o be_v a_o body_n although_o god_n indeed_o be_v a_o spirit_n orthodoxus_n this_o be_v so_o far_o from_o confute_v as_o it_o rather_o confirm_v that_o qualification_n which_o the_o schoolman_n do_v make_v namely_o that_o by_o the_o word_n body_n tertullian_n understand_v nothing_o but_o the_o spiritual_a and_o simple_a substance_n of_o spirit_n and_o devil_n beside_o that_o 62_o it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o be_v a_o body_n and_o another_o to_o 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