What is the fourth property which is called clarity?
By this is meant that the splendour of the soul will shine as it were through the body, so that the body will be as it were luminous and transparent; but this will not detract from the natural colour of the body, but will rather harmonize with it, imparting to it the most exquisite beauty (LXXXV. 1).
Will this clarity be the same in all?
No, it will be proportioned to the degree of glory proper to each soul; and for this reason St. Paul speaks of a variety among the glorified bodies: "One is the glory of the sun, another of the moon, and another the glory of the stars. For star differeth from star in glory" (First Epistle to Cor., chap. xv., ver. 41).
Will it be possible for the eye of a non-glorified body to see this clarity of the glorified body?
Yes; and the lost will perceive it in all its splendour (LXXXV. 2).
Will it be in the power of the soul to permit or not to permit this clarity of its glorified body to be seen?
Yes, for this clarity comes entirely from the soul and is entirely subject to it (LXXXV. 3).
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