IMAGE OF GOD

IMAGE OF GOD
   according to Genesis 1.26 mankind is created in the "Image of God." Exactly what this means has been a matter of dispute. In general CHRISTIANS agree that the BIBLE places a high value on the human being. The issue is complicated by the doctrine of the FALL. ROMAN CATHOLICS maintain that the Fall caused humans to lose certain SUPERNATURAL endowments and gifts but that the essential human nature remained intact. The PROTESTANT REFORMERS rejected this view and argued that through the Fall SIN goes to the root of human existence and distorts all our relationships including our ability to REASON correctly.

Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.

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  • image of God — likeness of God …   English contemporary dictionary

  • image of God —    This term (from the Latin imago, meaning copy or picture ) refers to the biblical teaching that human beingsare created in God s likeness (see Gen 1:27) …   Glossary of theological terms

  • image of God —  Образ Бога …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

  • image of God, formal —  Образ Бога формальный …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

  • image of God, functional view of the —  Образ Бога, функциональная точка зрения …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

  • image of God, relational view of the —  Образ Бога, относительная точка зрения …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

  • image of God, structural or substantive view of the —  Образ Бога, структурная или субстантивная точка зрения …   Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов

  • GOD — IN THE BIBLE The Bible is not a single book, but a collection of volumes composed by different authors living in various countries over a period of more than a millennium. In these circumstances, divergencies of emphasis (cf. Kings with… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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