Part Two - Section One: 1- God and Man
Introduction: 1- Know, O beloved Marcian (1), your zeal and piety towards God, which is the only path that leads a person towards eternal life, […]
On Theophany or the Birth of Christ - a sermon by Saint Gregory the Theologian
Christmas Prayers (*), 1 - Christ was born and they glorified him. Christ came from the heavens and they received him. Christ came to earth and they glorified him. “Praise the Lord”
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The first article: Paradise
The beauty of paradise: “And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man whom he had formed” (Genesis 2:8
Chapter Twenty-One - The Blessing of Marriage
Man was created in the image of God, and from the beginning he was a pair, that is, a man and a woman. Just as the triune God was not singular, neither was man. The doctrine of the Holy Trinity, expressed in unity in essence and trinity in persons, is a fundamental truth that also expresses the truth of man. Therefore, man was created from the beginning as a pair, that is, a man and a woman.
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Picture and example
Introduction: Man is a small world “He is the place where visible and invisible creatures, material and immaterial creatures, come together.”[1] This is how he defines
Creation of man
The purpose of the creation of man: And God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over the livestock and all things.”
Man is the image of God
It is stated in the opening of the Book of Genesis that God made man in his image and likeness, and made him dominant over all other creatures, including fish and birds.