Someone said:
We are three persons:
the person I THINK I AM
the person YOU THINK I AM
the person I REALLY AM.
Genesis
God
God
Human Being:
The Image of God
What does it
mean to be
an image of
God?
Genesis: Humans
are not only
part and
parcel of the
world, fully
and deeply
integrated
but also thetoclimax of
it.
Gods creative activity
we are Gods images!
To be an image of God
is..
to affirm the
sacredness of the
human persons
dignity even before
any human
accomplishment.
To be an image of God
is
to reflect another who
comes first, another with
whom we are tightly bound
in relationship.
To be an image of God
is
to live out our imagehood.
We first receive love and in
return we love in imitation of
the love we have been given.
We not only proclaim
joyfully that gift of
imagehood but we must
also strive to use it and
other gifts that come
with it for others in the
Thus
To
be an image of God is
a summon to live out the
fullness of our gifts by
moving out of ourselves
and entering the world
of others in good
relationships.
To
be an image
is to be a cocreator, sharing
in Gods royal
activity of lifegiving, justicedoing, and
peace-making.
ONTOLOGICAL DIGNITY
The
dignity
(value/worth)
of the human
person is
based on the
fundamental
fact that
he/she is a
human being.
should not be
violated and should never
be exploited (from womb
to tomb)
The worth of the person is
not based on education,
wealth, his/her
contribution to society,
nor his/her virtues
Even if he/she has lost
his/her moral dignity, the
ontological dignity
remains.
A child of God
NATURE OF HUMAN
PERSONS
God created us :
Open, Relational
Rational, Conscious
Embodied Spirit
Historical Reality
Unique yet Fundamentally
Equal
OPEN, RELATIONAL
No
man is an island
Being a person means
being BY, WITH, and FOR
others.
image the
Creators knowing
& loving acts.
Self-awareness.
Conscious of our
outgoing acts.
Free-will
This is the basis
of our moral life.
EMBODIED SPIRIT
Unity
between
our body & soul
It implies that
he/she must
not be
treated as an
object nor as a
means to an
IT IS A LAW OF HUMAN
LIFE, AS CERTAIN AS
GRAVITY TO LIVE
FULLY, WE MUST
LEARN TO USE THINGS
AND LOVE PEOPLE
NOT LOVE
THINGS ANDDalai
USE
PEOPLELama
BODY
SOUL
breath of life
We relate to the
world through our
bodies
Spiritual
powers [reason,
Material
Spiritual
limited
transcendent
freedom, will]
Human body
Is
not a simple
accessory but rather as
something integral in
our becoming
person.
We need our bodies,
our being in our
relationships.
Human body
As embodied spirit
Need
Thus
As
Human needs
Our
HISTORICAL REALITY
Historical Reality
In exercising freedom, we
from ourselves WALK
towards true freedom.
Improve ourselves.
We are not static We
have a goal, a journey, a
race to finish, a task given
by God
To HOPE is to march back
on our feet, even to crawl
to do Gods will with
Gods GRACE.
physical,
intellectual, social,
& moral differences
we are EQUAL.
The basis of our
equality is rooted on
the truths of the
dignity of human
persons.
HUMAN AS A PERSON
free
Always an end ,
never as means
to be respected
and recognized
What kind
Human
person
-must have
developed
exercisable
cognitive
capacities or
abilities.
of Anthropology?
Difference
?
Human
being
-not all human
beings are
persons?
-has of itself no
moral
significance?
All human
beings are persons!
-there should be
no distinction
between
a human being
and a human
person.
human worth
-never to be
considered
as a mere means
or object of use.
-just treatment is
due to all
human beings
by virtue of
their humanity.
human dignity
If we want to be
authentic,
To be our true selves,
We need to place
ourselves before God
who knows us fully well.