Human dignity according to the man-woman conception in the Tractates Origins I
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Gregory of Elvira lays the foundations of human dignity based on the interpretation of chapters 1 and 2 of Genesis, which deal with the creation of man (homo = male and woman) in the image and likeness of God. The basic text is Gen 2:7 (“God formed man [hominem] out of the clay of the ground and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man - literally - was made a living soul [factus est homo in animam viventem]”). This is Gregory's main reference, although he begins with Gen 1:26 (“Let us make man [hominem] in our image and likeness”), to refute the doctrine of the anthropomorphists. To interpret these verses, Gregory recalls that homo is composed of body and soul; the body, the outer man, was molded from the clay of the earth (Gen 2:7), the soul, the inner man, was made in the image of God (Gen 1:26) because of his invisibility, immortality, rationality, and mobility.
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Sánchez Hernández, J. F. (2023). Human dignity according to the man-woman conception in the Tractates Origins I. Brasiliensis, 12(23), 39-67. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10447715
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Sánchez Hernández, J. F. (2023). Human dignity according to the man-woman conception in the Tractates Origins I. Brasiliensis, 12(23), 39-67. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10447715