Theology Of The Body Ch. 1 Flashcards
Human person
God created us with a body and a soul. We are the only creatures God made in His image and likeness, made to love and be loved. All other earthly creatures were made for our benefit. Every human person is unique and unrepeatable. This fact flows from being created in God’s image and likeness, which is uniquely true about humans.
Incarnation
The Incarnation refers to the reality that Jesus, who is fully God, became man. God the Son became man so He could die and rise, saving humanity from the destruction caused by sin so that we can really become sons and daughters of God, possessing divine life.
Saint
A Saint is someone who has lived a holy life, practiced virtue to a heroic degree, and chosen to love God above all things. Saints come from around the world and from different backgrounds. Some are priests and nuns, others are married, and some are even children. The Catholic Church canonizes, or gives the title of saint, to those holy men and women to give us examples of how we should live too. We are all called to become saints.
Theology of the body
On Wednesdays from 1979 to 1984, Pope John Paul II gave talks about how the body reveals than human persons are created in the image of God, as mail and female, with freedom for loving relationships. The Theology of the Body asks two big questions: Who am I? How should I live?
