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Man, The Image of God: The Creation of Man as Good News
God created man in his own image, and the profound implications of this assertion are the subject of this book. Drawing on philosophy, theology, science, Scripture and art, Cardinal Schonborn reflects on man as the greatest of God's creatures and on the Christian understanding of his incomparable dignity that flows from this truth. According to the Christian faith, all the works of God converge toward man, and find their goal in him. The world was made for man, and man was made for God. This anthropocentrism resounds like good news at a time when many find it hard to believe in God's special and personal providence for man. It is good news, indeed, that man has worth and his life has meaning because God bears an infinite love for him - a love which is the very origin of creation and is the reason for the work of redemption. Among the topics Cardinal Schonborn addresses are: Christ-the Loveliest of Men, The Exaltation of Man, The Basis of Man's Dignity, Faith in Art, God with a Human Face.
- GenresReligion
150 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
About the author
Christoph Schönborn
68 books26 followersChristoph Maria Michael Hugo Damian Peter Adalbert Graf von Schönborn, O.P.
is a Bohemian-born Austrian Dominican friar and theologian, who is a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He serves as the Archbishop of Vienna and President of the Austrian Bishops' Conference. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1998. He is also the chaplain of the Order of the Golden Fleece (Austrian branch), of which he has been a member since 1961. He is a member of the formerly sovereign princely House of Schönborn, several members of which held high offices of the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholic Church.
is a Bohemian-born Austrian Dominican friar and theologian, who is a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He serves as the Archbishop of Vienna and President of the Austrian Bishops' Conference. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1998. He is also the chaplain of the Order of the Golden Fleece (Austrian branch), of which he has been a member since 1961. He is a member of the formerly sovereign princely House of Schönborn, several members of which held high offices of the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholic Church.
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January 2, 2020
Interesting collection of essays. It gives inqueries from both Western and Eastern Church.
September 6, 2022
*chef’s kiss’ for the essays/lectures on Beauty/Art titled ‘Christ, the Loveliest of Men’ & ‘God with a Human Face: Art and Real Presence’
3 stars on the rest
3 stars on the rest
January 26, 2023
So this book is made of four essays describing some various ways that Man is the image of God.
The first essay is about Christ, the perfect man, and about how men are perfected by becoming virtuous. A sort of related reading is Josef Pieper's The Christian Idea of Man .
The second is about the reality of what being created in the image of God means, along with modern philosophical errors and their implications on this. The problems of forgetting the soul and forgetting the body are both repudiated, along with the idea of worshipping Man. Also, it discusses the Christian idea that the world was made for men. Every star, every animal, etc., was created for man. God's creation of the universe is very anthropocentric. This was very interesting.
The third essay is about how the Gospel is about life. First, life is improbable and so we must recognize it as special, second, life is full of suffering and ends, and third, the Gospel is about accepting and overcoming those through embracing it and turning to God.
The fourth essay, one of the most interesting readings I've done in a long time, is about art, icons, the liturgy, and the image of God. The idea of icons as a way to remember the face of Jesus, who, as a man, communed with Creation, was one of the key points. Really great stuff here.
Overall I thought it was a good book, with the third essay being a little weak compared to the others.
The first essay is about Christ, the perfect man, and about how men are perfected by becoming virtuous. A sort of related reading is Josef Pieper's The Christian Idea of Man .
The second is about the reality of what being created in the image of God means, along with modern philosophical errors and their implications on this. The problems of forgetting the soul and forgetting the body are both repudiated, along with the idea of worshipping Man. Also, it discusses the Christian idea that the world was made for men. Every star, every animal, etc., was created for man. God's creation of the universe is very anthropocentric. This was very interesting.
The third essay is about how the Gospel is about life. First, life is improbable and so we must recognize it as special, second, life is full of suffering and ends, and third, the Gospel is about accepting and overcoming those through embracing it and turning to God.
The fourth essay, one of the most interesting readings I've done in a long time, is about art, icons, the liturgy, and the image of God. The idea of icons as a way to remember the face of Jesus, who, as a man, communed with Creation, was one of the key points. Really great stuff here.
Overall I thought it was a good book, with the third essay being a little weak compared to the others.
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