MAN AND HIS QUALITY AS AN IMAGE OF GOD IN PATRISTIC THINKING
MAN AND HIS QUALITY AS AN IMAGE OF GOD IN PATRISTIC THINKING
Author(s): Popa EvdicaSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion
Published by: Ideas Forum International Academic and Scientific Association
Keywords: archetype; anthropology; creation; divine image; divine likeness;
Summary/Abstract: The notion of divine image is generously described by the patristic literature,each of the authors trying to identify the content of this special characteristic ofhuman being, considered (in different positions) the defining element of thecreated rational being, indicating the possibility of opening to God not throughsomething external, but from the inside of the human being. Since when theyspeak of God, the Church Fathers do not consider the reality of the one being, butthat of the three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, as well as whenthe question of the image of God is raised, they emphasize that this the image bywhich human nature is conformed is the image of the Son, or the image of theWord. In this article I set out to draw some points on this patristic feature of theEastern Fathers.
Journal: ICOANA CREDINTEI. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Scientific Research
- Issue Year: 7/2021
- Issue No: 14
- Page Range: 92 - 97
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English