Image of God

them by God; however, the willingness and commitment to understand shows a great commitment to Christianity. Another one of Origen’s great works is his Doctrine of the Soul, in which he focuses on soul division, embodiment, and dual souls. Origen believed the soul suffered “from a moral crisis, the confrontation of its transcendent spiritual vocation with its current fleshly condition.” This meant two things to Origen: the first was that internally; there is a conflict between the image of God…

After the creation of the havens and the earth. God thought it was empty and dark over the surface and the spirit of the god was soaring over the water. Then god formed the light and separated as morning and evening. Similarly, the god thought that the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry the ground appear, so god called the dry ground “land “and gathered water and called a s “sea”. In the process of creating many things in the earth god created living creatures according to…

In order for God to actually fit the role of “that than which non greater can be conceived” Anselm must provide something other than just a simple inference from his Christian faith. His thought process derives from believing that God is the supreme being of this world without doubt because no other objection has been made limiting his image and powers. However according to Hume if we were to think of the contradictory ideas of god that would make him unconceivable (Hume, XI). So being able to…

bringing together into a system, the study of revealed religious truths and the philosophical writers of the past as a way to know, worship and serve God. Education was moving outside the cathedral and priest’s home and into a formal setting cities like Paris. The establishment of theology as a topic to be debated rather than a pathway to the heart of God is arguable the greatest disservice of this time in history. Attempting to resolve the questions of faith with the logic and reason of the…

Lord”. Who is Lord? Lord is another name for the Christian’s God. His alias are Jehovah, Jesus, and the Messiah. He is significant to the Christian culture because he is the father of all nations, the Holy one. Jesus was sent by his father, God to save the sins and people “us” of the world of Satan’s evil spirits and destruction. Jesus is the human version of God, and he walked the earth performing miraculous miracles. Christians believe God created the world in six days “For in six days the…

presents a dream of an equitable society, in any event as a rule terms, offers ways to deal with accomplishing that just society (Stabile 2006). DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON In the above image (Caritas Canadan, 2010-2016) it can be seen in development and peace. God showed love by creating human beings in his own image. These creatures should show some dignity to one another as a reciprocal. Nairn (2015) clarifies that "human dignity is rooted in the fact that the human person has…

show the way God created the world, but each story have hints of different themes and authors. The first creation story is separated by days and each day God created a characteristic of the earth. The first paragraph ends in "And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. (Gen 1:5 NRSV)" This phrase is repeated after each of the paragraphs to show the day is over. The paragraph…

something moral because God commands it or does God commands something moral because it is good? I believe what is morally good is for a fact of God commands it to be so; anything may be considered moral, but we as humans don’t have the power to decide whether something is moral or not. Thus giving sovereignty and acknowledgement of his divine command which is the foundation of morality. The standard of morality can’t be external, nor does God appeal to a higher authority. God is the omnipotent…

Many Christians today struggle to define the right relationship with God. We often do not believe that we need to follow God’s instructions or the words from the chose prophets in the Old Testaments. Old testaments were written many centuries ago. Christians nowadays often conclude that the instructions and words of God from the Old testaments are too old to be reflected with their daily Christian living in 21st centuries. Instead of ignoring the importance of Old testaments, we need to…

in the Hebrew prophets who announced God's special love for the poor and called God's people to a covenant of love and justice. It is a teaching founded on the life and words of Jesus Christ”( usccb.org) Social teaching comes from the truth of what God has revealed to us about himself. “The Church's social teaching is a rich treasure of wisdom about building a just society and living lives of holiness amidst the challenges of modern society. ” ( usccb.org) Life and dignity of the human person…