The quality or state of being physical and having a body or material form.
From corporeal + -ity (state or quality). This philosophical term developed in medieval scholastic writing to distinguish physical existence from spiritual or abstract existence.
In medieval theology, the corporeality of Jesus—whether he had a real physical body or not—was one of the biggest debates, because it affected how Christians understood his resurrection and presence in the Eucharist.
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