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"The Body - Shrine of the Spirit" (1Cor 6,19). The Male-Female Reciprocity as the God's Image in Christ
Černochová, Zdislava ; Kohut, Pavel Vojtěch (advisor) ; Sládek, Karel (referee)
Bc. ČERNOCHOVÁ, ZDISLAVA. Charles University in Prague. Catholic Theological Faculty, 2008, Diploma Paper. Title: Man-Woman Reciprocity as Image of Good in Christ The aim of this paper is to trace the theological view of the man-woman reciprocity as image of Good in Christ. Human being was created to the Goods image and received the ability to learn and love its Creator. Good did not create man unaccompanied. "As a man and a woman he created them" (Gn 1,27). Fullness of the image of Good in the human being consists of the unity of the persons of man and woman. Goods image, of which the Old Testament speaks is accomplished in the New Testament, in the image of Christ. Jesus is the perfect image of Good and human should liken to him. Man and woman are created in the perfect equality as human persons and at the same time in the complementary diversity. The difference is not accidental; certain purpose is hidden behind it. One needs the other. Good created human being with its sexuality, which is a gift for him/her. In the sexuality one opens to love, gives him-herself and receive the other. The confidential unification is realized in the marriage. The dedication of oneself leads to the fertility, by which human beings participate on the Goods mystery. A child gives evidence to the fertility of this...
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