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Copyright Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gera, Programa de Posgraduacao em Ciencias da Religiao Apr-Jun 2016

Abstract

The objective of this article is to demonstrate that the human person is an ontological greatness that has a divine foundation. The essence of the person is built in the being of God. The concept of the origin of person took place in theological-Christian ground, in the context of the Christological and Trinitarian discussions in the fourth century. In the West, its historical trajectory has a philosophical-theological bias, wavering between substantialism unrelated to rationalism without substantiality. The theological dimension of the person is in its image condition of God and creature called into existence by God, according to Jewish and Christian tradition. Like creature receiving his existence as a gift, the person is oriented toward God. Between God and the person there is an interpersonal relationship, one "tu-a-tu". Because of their transcendent foundation, the person has an onto-axiological primacy over other creatures. The person holds an absolute value and cannot be manipulated by the state, the market and nor religion. This person is an indefinable and a mystery magnitude, just as God its Creator. The person is a reflection of the mystery of God. All love, respect and veneration rendered to God must also be devoted to his image, the human person.

Details

Title
A dimensão teológico-cristã da pessoa humana/The theological-Christian dimension of the human person
Author
de Oliveira, Renato Alves
Pages
557-605
Section
Temática Livre - Artigo original
Publication year
2016
Publication date
Apr-Jun 2016
Publisher
Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gera, Programa de Posgraduacao em Ciencias da Religiao
ISSN
16799615
e-ISSN
21755841
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Portuguese
ProQuest document ID
1808322064
Copyright
Copyright Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Minas Gera, Programa de Posgraduacao em Ciencias da Religiao Apr-Jun 2016