The following series of articles serves as a very brief primer in some important aspects of Catholic anthropology, or the Catholic understanding of the human person, especially as a preface to understanding the moral life. In the previous article, we raised an interesting question: why is it that man fails to live according to what is highest in him? If human beings were created as a harmonious unity of body and soul destined to share in a friendship of knowledge and love with God, why is it that we fail to uphold even some of our most basic and obvious moral commitments? The answer to this question is also only accessible to us through divine revelation. In Sacred Scripture we learn that from the beginning we were created in an elevated and intimate state of friendship with God. It is clear to us now that, even though we were created in this state of friendship with God, it is not something the human race continues to participate in and enjoy. So, in order to understand what makes a human being happy, good, or perfect, we also need to understand how we got into the state we are in and what obstacles might be in our way going forward.
Great article, Gideon. Thanks for sharing.
Nice article Gideon
Stained glass windows and tennis partners … a better understanding of my human weaknesses … a newfound appreciation for God’s incomprehensible mercy!
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!