Lesson C: Jesus Christ as the one who sheds Light on the Mystery and Dignity of the Human Person Flashcards
Together with the rest of humanity, the Church, following Christ as her model, has made it her mission to __________.
uplift the lives of everyone in this world.
To do this, the Church teaches that it is only in knowing Christ that the human person can arrive at a full understanding of who He really is.
A Bipedal primate belonging to the genus homo, particularly homo sapiens
Opposable/prehensile thumbs (grasping tools)
More defines frontal lobe
Larger cranium
3% DNA Difference from Apes
UNDERSTANDING MAN AS A PERSON
The Human Person: Biological Perspective
defined as “primus actus corporis physici organici” and is the first act of a physical organic body; it is the principle of life.
Soul
Any being, therefore, that manifests life and thereby performs vital operations have a soul,
True or False
True
In the language of some philosophers, any living being is besouled being
True or False
True
HIERARCHY OF BEING (Scala Naturae)
God
Angels
Humans
Animals
Plants
Minerals
Operari Sequitur Esse (Operation follows being)
Nutrition
Growth
Reproduction
Sensation
Locomotion
Intellection
Volition
refers to the operation by which creature’s life is conserved
vial operation which transforms food into nutritive substances by the process of metabolism and the ability to assimilate these nutritive materials tp the different parts of the body
Nutrition
refers to the augmentation
by which living beings acquire by nourishment the quantity characteristic to it (montis a minore ad majorem quantitatem).
result of the assimilation of food
obtains the development characteristics of the species to which it belongs.
Growth
by which a new organism is generated from a previous organism (origo viventis a principio vivente conjuncti in similitudinem naturae)
process whereby living beings, after reaching maturity , perpetuate their species.
REPRODUCTION
operation that manifests the capacity to move from one place to another
LOCOMOTION
considered as an immaterial operation because its object is the idea which is an immaterial presentation of reality
INTELLECTION
is an immaterial operation and its objects is the idea which is immaterial because it is a movement consequent upon the immaterial apprehension of the intellect
VOLITION
The Human Person: Aristotelian-Thomistic View
-> Individua Substantia Naturae Rationalis
-> An individual substance of a rational nature
———>Capax Dei (Capacity for God)
Capax Dei
Capacity for God
natural facility by God to us, enabling us to know God. That is to say that the human mind is in obediential potency to knowledge of God.
Obediential Potency
With his whole being Man gives his assent to
God the _____.
GOD THE REVEALER
Social and gregarious by nature
We are being by, with, and for others
Trinitarian in origin
Social well-being and common good
God is the source and fulfillment of all human persons’ relationship
Open and Relational by Nature
Possess self-awareness through our knowing and free willing
We “image” in our small way the Creator’s infinite knowing and loving
Reason understands the order of things and recognizes the voice of God.
Under Individua Substantia Naturae Rationalis what type of being?
Individua Substantia Naturae Rationalis:
Conscious Beings
Stresses the unity between our body and soul. Hylemorphic
Under Individua Substantia Naturae Rationalis
what is it?
Embodied Spirits
The matter; essential part of our being human; not merely an instrument that we use acc. to our whims; good and honorable
Body
the form; the nature or essence of a thing; the unifying principle and forms one unique human being
Soul
- Pilgrims on-the-way
- We are our own cause.
- Live in the middle of “Now and Here”
- Dynamism in moral reflections
Historical Realities
Unique yet Fundamentally Equal
Despite differences in physical, intellectual and moral powers, we are all equal:
true or false
true
we are all equal:
same nature and origin and same divine calling and destiny
each of us is called to “image” God in a unique way;
within the fundamental equality of all persons, we recognize the unique identity of each person
true or false
true
Being in a full solidarity with humankind, our Lord showed us how to be fully ____ and fully ____.
human and alive
Christ primarily revealed how the essential dignity of all persons is grounded directly on their _____, ______, and _____.
origin, meaning and destiny
In the light of Christian revelation, it was understood that all persons, endowed with inviolable dignity, are these 3:
Created
Redeemed
Called
______ by God in His image and likeness through our Lord Jesus Christ, “through whom everything was made and through whom we live”
Created
_______by the blood of Christ and are sanctified by the indwelling Holy Spirit
Redeemed
______to be children of God, destined for eternal life of blessed communion with the Father, His Risen-Incarnate Son, and their Holy Spirit.
Called
It is only in the mystery of the Word incarnate that light is shed on the mystery of man.
For by his incarnation, the Son of God has united himself in some fashion with one person
True or false
False
every person
God is our _____ and ______, ______ and _______
origin and destiny
beginning and purpose
We can say that we are:
Created in ?
Redeemed by ?
Sanctified by ?
Created in the image and likeness of God
Redeemed by the Blood of Christ
Sanctified by the Holy Spirit
Every person, from the first moment of his life in the womb, has an _______ dignity, because from all eternity, God _____, ______, ______ and ______ that person and destined him for eternal happiness
inviolable dignity;
willed, loved, created, and redeemed
Of all visible creatures only man is able to know and love his creator: created with _____ and ____: to recognize the voice of God to “do good and avoid evil” Hence, referred to as Moral Being
intellect; freewil
human beings are not objects of use or means to an end. We must treat our fellow human beings as equals.
Irreplaceable and Non-substitutable
Acc, to Pope Francis’ Laudato Si, both man and woman are equally ordered to “subdue” the earth
called to what?
Called to Responsibility and Stewardship
called to share, by _______ and ______, on God’s own life
knowledge; love
Destined to be in Communion with God
Pilgrims on the way
3 under Dignity
Imago Dei
Redeemed
Sanctified
Imago Dei
Intelligent and Free
Somebody
Transcendent
Redeemed
Saved by Christ
Sanctified
Made Holy
