In the seminal chapters of the book of Genesis we are told that God put man over the beasts and plants and told him to go forth, exercise dominion (RSV2CE, 2006, Gen. 1:28) In short, the Lord commanded Adam to go forth and order the world, or more precisely, maintain the order which God had set forth. It is in our original nature, to participate with God in creation through ordering. This is what I found to be the main theme in Fr. James Schall’s text,
Man’s Participation in Order
Man’s Participation in Order
Man’s Participation in Order
In the seminal chapters of the book of Genesis we are told that God put man over the beasts and plants and told him to go forth, exercise dominion (RSV2CE, 2006, Gen. 1:28) In short, the Lord commanded Adam to go forth and order the world, or more precisely, maintain the order which God had set forth. It is in our original nature, to participate with God in creation through ordering. This is what I found to be the main theme in Fr. James Schall’s text,