The Image Of God From The Conception And Origin Of Man

THE IMAGE OF GOD FROM THE CONCEPTION AND ORIGIN OF MAN

Introduction

The conception of man in Christianity made is based on the fact that God became a man through Him Son of Him Jesus Christ and assumes the sacrifice for the forgiveness of the sins of men, this being the historical and determining moment of Christianity. Another conception that Christianity has is that man is made in the image and likeness of God, the soul is immortal and the resurrection or eternal life is expected. While the Greeks believe in reincarnation, for them there is a cyclical process, a man after dying is reborn again with the same body and the same life they had. The Prometheus version, which tells us that man was molded from clay, in the image and likeness of the gods and was provided with wisdom, survival, arts and sciences.

Developing.

All these elements were taken for the subsequent history of the formation of man in Christianity, the main element he assumes is that God, or the gods, created us like themselves, we can observe how Christianity uses this expression a lot. On the other hand, it assumes the element of respect and worship, however, they seek to change the way that inclusion is not seen, these two fundamental elements being.

The image of the man considered as a model to be followed by the ancient Greeks was the one raised by the philosopher Plato, who indicated that the virtues of the perfect man were justice, temperance, strength and prudence, within Christianity the values ​​or virtues that They are preserved as necessary in the human being in relation to the ideals of the ancient Greeks are justice and prudence.

We have that the Greeks affirmed the form of the human body to the gods and nature, therefore, their similarity was given to the gods, this is adopted by Christianity, according to their religion men are similarities of the God who believe everything, so We can observe how there is an adaptation of concepts in the image and form of man.

Conclusions.

However, we must not forget that it is within the area of ​​Greek influence where Christianity bursts. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the relations between Christianity and philosophy. To conclude we can add that Christianity introduces radically new doctrines, outside of what was said by Greek philosophers. One of them is that of creation, the essential reference of his doctrine to history: Christianity puts in relation to God with history, on the other hand Greek philosophy had put God in relation to the cosmos, 

The Universe, as an ordinary intelligence (Anaxágoras, Plato), as an engine and end (Aristotle), as cosmic reason (stoicism). If Christianity had been limited to proposing a theory in which God was the origin of the universe, surely he would have blurred, melting with other currents of ancient thought. Therefore, Christian thinkers see in much of the Greek philosophy explanations and approaches of the Christian faith.