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Immortality
The quality of the spiritual human soul whereby it survives the death of the body and remains in existence without end, to be reunited with the body at the final resurrection (CCC 366).
The Eternal Soul
The quality of the spiritual human soul whereby it survives the death of the body and remains in existence without end, to be reunited with the body at the final resurrection (CCC 366). God created man for incorruption; though the body is mortal, the soul is immortal by God's gift (cf. Wis 2:23).
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Does the soul die with the body? No. The spiritual human soul is immortal and survives the death of the body, waiting to be reunited with it at the final resurrection.
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