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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 said , let us make man in our own image , in the likeness of ourselves
God created man in the image of himself , in the image of God he created him , male and female he created them .
Genesis : Humans
are not only part and parcel of the world, fully and deeply integrated to it.
but also the climax of Gods creative activitywe are God s images!
Man surpasses other things, not in the fact that Himself made man but in this that man is made in Gods image
St. Thomas A.
The human person possess dignity that has no price but value .
Emmanuel Kant
INTELLECT (Reason) Makes us capable of understanding the order of things established by the Creator FREEDOM (Freewill) Makes us capable of directing ourselves towards our true God
Every human being is born with a natural inclination to do good and to avoid evil and with the capacity to distinguish between right and wrong
Human Being
The Image of God
To be an image of God is.. to affirm the sacredness of the human persons dignity even before any human accomplishment.
imagehood.
We first receive love and in return we love in imitation of the love we have been given .
To act godly and to be moral is to use our talents appreciate the person that we are use our God - given minds and our freedom to love
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 being is To be humanthe world to be a fellow of others in human being . Martin Buber good relationships.
I exist in the measure that I exist for others for after all , to be is to love .
Emmanuel Mounier
our call to love a call to be a human person To do the right things To do the loving things
CCC 357 :
Human Person is capable of selfknowledge, of self-possession and of freely giving himself and entering into communion with other persons
to be a real human person is to LIVE A DIGNIFIED LIFE and BE RECOGNIZED BY OUR COMMUNITY
To be an image is to be a co creator, sharing in Gods royal activity of life - giving, justice doing, 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 .
H is m o ra l d ig n ity ( man s moral sta n d in g ) m a y b e lo st b e ca u se o f Hsin v e r, h is ow e o n to lo g ica l d ig n ity re m a in s . G O D is th e L o rd o f L ife . R e sp e ct th e rig h ts o f o u r C re a to r. M a n a s lo n g a s h e liv e s ca n still re g a in h is m o ra l d ig n ity -- to live as a tru e ch ild o f G o d , frie n d - b ro th e r-
God created us : Rational, Conscious Open, Relational Embodied Spirit Historical Reality Unique yet Fundamentally Equal
RATIONAL , CONSCIOUS
We can think, reflect, meditate, create, solve problems, pass one knowledge from generation to generation To be moral is to use wisely our thinking ability Self-awareness. Conscious of our outgoing acts. Free-will :
BEING
OPEN , RELATIONAL
No man is an island Being a person means being BY, WITH, and FOR others. The human being as image of God is capable of self - giving . He / she must respond to God by giving himself or herself to others .
EMBODIED SPIRIT
The LORD GOD formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life , and so man became a living being .
Genesis 2 : 7
BODY
Clay of the ground We relate to the world through our bodies Material limited
SOUL
breath of life Spiritual powers [reason,
freedom, will]
Spiritual transcendent
Human body
Is not a simple accessory but rather as something integral in our becoming person.
Our bodily expression of love in relationships must be commensurate to the commitment that we have for other persons.
As embodied spirit
Need to recognize and respect our bodys limits and potentials.
Potentials: acting as co-agents with God to make this world a better place to live. Limitations: over powered by ones covetousness we could turn this world into a death dealing place. Abuse of ones bodily faculties.
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 AND USE PEOPLE Dalai Lama
Thus As part of the world we are required to consider the negative effects in the positive discoveries of technology and to weigh their moral importance.
H um an ne e ds
Our need for material things is obvious. These material things have a subtle affect on our health and behavior. These needs could be transcended as values.
vIf our relation to things is ordered rightly, we recognize that our value comes not from our
HISTORICAL REALITY
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This baby would not have been alive if God had not given it life. For this reason, we bow our knees before God our Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth comes forth.
Historical Reality
In exercising freedom, we form 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.
U n Iq U e y e t EQUAL !!!
Despite 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
W h a t i a H u m a n Pe rso n ? s
intelligent made in the image and likeness of God free
has inviolable rights unity of body and soul the subject of ones own moral acts. Always an end , never as means
What kind
of Anthropology?
Human person
-must have Difference?
Human being
-not all human beings are persons? -has of itself no moral significance?
are persons! -there should be no distinctio n between a human being and a human worth human person.
st tre at m en t is du e to all hu m an be in gs
e d a s a m er e m e a n human dignity s or o bj
If we want to be authentic, To be our true selves, We need to place ourselves before God who knows us fully well.
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Mt . 25