This vision of a new beginning in a pure and untrammeled land served to spiritualize the past where there were no antique monuments to do so. |
But Jesus arrived to spiritualize a planet whose culture was at best very partial and fragmentary. |
Philo's answer is in fact to spiritualize everything that is material, and universalize everything that is particular. |
If literacy introduces John to the spirituality of the text, it also seems to spiritualize Lucy. |
Its constant influence has been to soften and spiritualize individual and national relationships. |
So there you go, plenty to entertain you, spiritualize you, educate you and most importantly make you laugh. |