"Man is the summit of the Creator's work.".
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Catechism of the Catholic Church Lesson 56
Ave Maria series
56. Does man have a special place in creation?
Yes. Man is the
summit of creation, because God created him in his image (Genesis 1:27). [343-344,
353]
My son Don (pointing) explains a
Michigan Upper Peninsula rock outcropping to his younger brother, Bill. ......56
The creation of man is clearly distinguished from the
creation of other living things. Man is
a person, which means that through his understanding and will he can decide for
or against love.
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the
moon and the stars which you have established; what is man that you are mindful
of him, and the son of man that you care for him? Yet you have made him little less than the
angels, and you have crowned him with glory and honor. Psalm 8:4-6
343-344, 353
THE VISIBLE WORLD
Man
the Creature
343 Man is the summit of the
Creator's work, as the inspired account expresses by clearly distinguishing the
creation of man from that of the other creatures. (Compare Genesis 1-26.) .211 --Catechism of the Catholic Church,
Second Edition
May you be praised, my Lord, for sister water, who is very
useful and humble, precious and chaste. . .
May you be praised, my Lord, for sister earth, our mother, who bears and feeds us, and produces the variety of fruits and dappled flowers and grasses. . .
Praise and bless my Lord, give thanks and serve him in all humility.( St. Francis of Assisi, Canticle of the Creatures.)212 --CCC
IN BRIEF
353 God willed the diversity of his
creatures and their own particular goodness, their interdependence and their
order. He destined all material creatures for the good of the human race. Man,
and through him all creation, is destined for the glory of God. --CCC
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