About this episode
The episode explores the concept of the human form in relation to God as the primal Substance and Form, emphasizing the divine nature of humanity.
True Christian Religion (Ager) 20{2}. This One God is Substance itself and Form itself and angels and men are substances and forms from Him, and so far as they are in Him and He in them are images and likenesses of Him. As God is Esse He is also Substance; for unless Esse is substance it is a figment of the reason; for substance has subsistent being. Moreover, one who is a substance is also a form; for unless a substance is a form it is a figment of the reason. Wherefore both substance and form may be predicated of God, but in the sense that He is the only, the very, and the primal Substance and Form… this Form is the verily Human Form , that is, God is verily Man, infinite in every respect … angels and men are substances and forms created and organised for receiving what is Divine flowing into them through heaven. For this reason they are called in the Book of Creation “images and likenesses of God” (Genesis 1:26, 27); and elsewhere “His sons,” and “born of Him.” … so far as man lives under Divine direction, that is, suffers himself to be led by God, so far he becomes an image of God more and more interiorly. Unless an idea…
Topics covered
- human form
- God
- substance
- Christianity
- Divine direction
- creation
Keywords
- human form
- God
- substance
- Divine direction
- Christianity
- creation
- images of God
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: True Christian Religion, Book of Creation
Places: Genesis
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