CL Book. Flashcards
The Creation of the First Man and Woman Bible Verse.
Genesis 1: 24-31.
The CC confirms and explains our human dignity on the following points:
The Divine Image,
Gifted with a soul,
In his or her soul, the human person is given:
Gift of reason and intellect.
Gift of free will.
Communion of persons.
Being created in God’s image and likeness. Present in every man and woman.
The Divine Image.
Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World. Gaudium et Spes or GS 29 declares that all peoples are equal in this regard.
The Divine Image.
The only creature on earth that God has will for its own sake.
Human persons.
Capable of understanding the order of things.
Gift of reason or intellect.
___ - To be able to choose the true good, which his what God wills because by understanding and choosing the true good, he or she become perfectly or fully human, and thus ___.
Gifted with free will, eternally happy.
Because of his or her power of intellect and will.
The human person has freedom, an outstanding manifestation of the divine image.
Through this, the human person recognizes God’s will.
Intellect.
Through this, we can attain community of persons.
Will.
Through this, he or she freely obeys His will in loving Him and neighbor.
Will.
Ultimately reveals the divine image, reflecting the unity of the divine persons.
Community of persons.
Human dignity explanation points. church teaching.
CCC. 1702-1706.
Dignity comes from the Latin word?
Dignus.
Latin, means worthy or of worth.
Dignus.
Dignus means?
Worthy or of worth.
Presents to us an interpretation of this biblical passage that speaks of our dignity or worth in the way that makes sense.
CCC 1702-1706.
Declares that every person has human dignity.
CCC 1702-1706.
An important church document of the second Vatican council.
Gaudium et Spes.
Fervently asserts that we are all equal in dignity of having the divine image in us, since we have the same nature and origin.
Gaudium et Spes GS 29
Intellect and free will, Philosophers across the ages collectively refer to these capacities as?
Rationality.
Through our __, we are capable of understanding the things of the world.
Intellect.
Through our __ , we are capable of choosing what is good for us.
Will.
Necessary way by which we can love and attain communion with one another. Essential abilities.
Understanding and choosing.