Day 100: God’s Word and Spirit
The Catechism in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)
The Image and Likeness of God
Genesis 705: We are made in God's image and likeness. In the second century, Saint Erenaeus said that after the fall, man lost his likeness to God, yet retained the image of God. Likeness would be that robe of sanctity, I think that he would use, which implies like holiness and righteousness that the Holy Spirit had bestowed on Adam. But we lost that. The Son himself will assume that image by giving it again his glory, the Spirit who is the give of life.
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