201. Since therefore the kind of disposition which the most ancient people had before the Flood does not occur and is not found nowadays, it is difficult to explain intelligibly what the words here embody in the genuine sense. In heaven it is very well known, for angels and angelic spirits who are called celestial are by disposition like those regenerate people of most ancient times before the Flood, while angels and angelic spirits who are called spiritual are by disposition like those people who were regenerated after the Flood. Among both types there is endless variety.