Matter
Matter does not mean "closed to the spirit."
Matter means "totally open to the spirit."
Matter cannot oppose God's will, nor lock Him out of the universe.
Matter is filled with meaning.
Matter blocks light, but radiates glory.
We never see pure matter; all we can observe are forms of matter. "Matter" is a metaphysical concept that has no meaning apart from the concept of "form."
Matter is not the opponent of spirit; it is a realm that spirit rules.
GKC on Victor Hugo: "For to him there is neither a large thing nor a small one; he has abolished the meanest and most absurd of all human words, the word 'insignificant': he knows that it is impossible for anything to signify nothing."
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