“Imago Dei”是什么意思?被造为上帝的形象



  • 上帝形象 是拉丁语“上帝的形象”之意,源自《创世记》1:26–27,上帝在那里按照自己的形象和样式造了人类,分男女。
  • 这两个词背后是希伯来语 形象 (形象)和 样式 (样式),《创世记》在5:1–3和9:6中再次使用了这个词。
  • 爱任纽和约翰·达马斯基努斯认为“形象”是赋予所有人的,而“样式”则是美德的成长,而加尔文则将这两个词视为同一个概念。
  • 天主教教义认为罪伤害了这一形象,加尔文和路德则认为它已被腐蚀或丧失,但三个传统都认为基督恢复了它。
  • 教会将人类尊严、男女平等的尊严以及禁止谋杀的禁令建立在上帝的形象之上(《创世记》9:6;《雅各书》3:9)。

Imago Dei means the image of God, and Scripture says every one of us bears it. The Latin phrase comes from Genesis 1:26–27, where God creates human beings, male and female, in his image and likeness. The churches hold that it gives every person a dignity no other creature has. Then the New Testament gives the image a face. Paul calls Christ “the image of the invisible God” (Colossians 1:15), so when we ask what God meant us to look…

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