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THE IMAGE OF GOD WITHIN MAN – THE FOUNDATION OF SPIRITUAL PERFECTION
THE IMAGE OF GOD WITHIN MAN – THE FOUNDATION OF SPIRITUAL PERFECTION

Author(s): Leontin Popescu
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Ideas Forum International Academic and Scientific Association
Keywords: man; person; perfection; dialogue; being;

Summary/Abstract: The human being is a mystery, he is not only nature, and he is not only soul, but these two together andmore than that, he represents the divine seal on the individual. The human being can only be defined as abeing impossible to define. Man created in God’s image is immortal, unique, non-recurring and we caneven say impossible to clone. Beyond these statements, deep within himself, man discovers himself as abeing animated by light and grace that do not come from within, but from the outside, as tension that isabove all laws and mechanisms caused by it and which could be altered. Not only by means of his soul,but also by means of his body can any man achieve uniqueness, which makes it so that no body iscompletely identical to another. We find proof in finger prints or even in the composition of strands ofhair, which differ from man to man. With each body, as with each soul, God wanted to make one of Hisspecial thoughts come alive. That is why it is not allowed to treat people as simple, identical copies of thesame reality, but each person should be considered and treated as a unique value in time and space.

  • Issue Year: 4/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 69-75
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English