Man is made in the image and likeness of God. He is the pinnacle of creation and held to the highest dignity of all creation. He is granted free will and reason to not only determine what is right and wrong, but to choose it for himself. Some speculate that the Catholic church does not uphold human dignity, but that man is simply following blindly in the name of faith. This is not the case. Rather than destroy one’s appreciation for human dignity, the Catholic Church’s teachings on faith enhance one’s appreciation for human dignity particularly in the teachings regarding heaven, hell, and the resurrection of the body. In Catholicism, faith is a fundamental truth through which one believes what God has revealed to the Church through sacred
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Lewis, in his essay “The Weight of Glory”, talks of our duty to help our neighbor in the pursuit of eternal happiness. Because man is prideful by nature, it is possible for one to become too prideful in his potential glory, but one cannot think of each other’s salvation enough. God created all things in an order with man at its pinnacle with dominion over the earth (Gen ?). Lewis said, “Next to the Blessed Sacrament, itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses.” Lewis is correct in stating that man is the holiest object presented to ones senses, other than the blessed sacrament, because man is made in the image and likeness of God and have the greatest dignity of all creation. Man is made to be with God in eternity and it is one’s job to guide his neighbor to this everlasting happiness. All men have the desire for happiness, however God knows that all do not wish to seek Him, thus he gives all a choice between Heaven and Hell. Hell is the polar opposite of heaven. Rather than have the beatific vision in which one sees God in his glory, Hell is the eternal separation from God. Through sacred doctrine, one knows that this is not desired by God, but a choice one makes through the rejection of God repeatedly in everyday life. There is hope, however, through God’s mercy until the moment of …show more content…
As the Catechism states “In expectation of that day, the believer’s body and soul already participate in the dignity of belonging to Christ.” Not only is the soul sacred, but the body itself is dignified and God wants the two to be one again at the end of time. St. Catherine says that the souls in heaven want their bodies again but are not troubled because they know that God will reunite them to their flesh. In the reunion of the soul and flesh is found the deepest portrayal of human dignity because God sees perfection in His greatest
Lewis, in his essay “The Weight of Glory”, talks of our duty to help our neighbor in the pursuit of eternal happiness. Because man is prideful by nature, it is possible for one to become too prideful in his potential glory, but one cannot think of each other’s salvation enough. God created all things in an order with man at its pinnacle with dominion over the earth (Gen ?). Lewis said, “Next to the Blessed Sacrament, itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses.” Lewis is correct in stating that man is the holiest object presented to ones senses, other than the blessed sacrament, because man is made in the image and likeness of God and have the greatest dignity of all creation. Man is made to be with God in eternity and it is one’s job to guide his neighbor to this everlasting happiness. All men have the desire for happiness, however God knows that all do not wish to seek Him, thus he gives all a choice between Heaven and Hell. Hell is the polar opposite of heaven. Rather than have the beatific vision in which one sees God in his glory, Hell is the eternal separation from God. Through sacred doctrine, one knows that this is not desired by God, but a choice one makes through the rejection of God repeatedly in everyday life. There is hope, however, through God’s mercy until the moment of …show more content…
As the Catechism states “In expectation of that day, the believer’s body and soul already participate in the dignity of belonging to Christ.” Not only is the soul sacred, but the body itself is dignified and God wants the two to be one again at the end of time. St. Catherine says that the souls in heaven want their bodies again but are not troubled because they know that God will reunite them to their flesh. In the reunion of the soul and flesh is found the deepest portrayal of human dignity because God sees perfection in His greatest