Man – Image of God Yearning for Truth

Matej Gnidovec

Man – Image of God Yearning for Truth

Key words: truth, man, image of God, yearning, Caritas in veritate

Abstract:
Our society and its entire functioning are based on Christian values. Our secular age and postmodern thinking have lost the awareness of man’s place in society as a free human being, yearning for the Transcendent. Man, created in the image of God, is no longer aware of the source of his functioning and culture, the person of Jesus Christ. Christianity has always put man in his right place and valued him, particularly the Catholic Church, which with its social teaching shows great care for people and their society. Man’s main quality is his disposition towards the Creator, the source of all truth. By understanding man as the image of God, we begin to understand his yearning for truth, which in today’s society is of crucial importance. Yearning fosters man’s spiritual growth, as man is aware that he is a union of body and soul, born from God’s creational love.

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