PILKO Jan - Acta Patristica, volume 4, issue 08/2013
CREATION OF MAN IN THE TEACHINGS OF THE FATHERS AND CHURCH WRITERS
/STVORENIE ČLOVEKA V UČENÍ SVÄTÝCH OTCOV A CIRKEVNÝCH SPISOVATEĽOV/
Jan PILKO
lecturer, Orthodox Theological Faculty, University of Presov in Presov, Masarykova 15, 080 01 Presov, Slovakia, jan.pilko@unipo.sk, 00421517724729
Abstract
Paper deals with the question of man's creation in teaching of the Fathers and ecclesiastical writers. Position of man in the flesh itself stemmed from the composition of man, which alone of all creatures consisted of as spiritual as well as material from constituents. As pointed out by Vasily the Great, the fact "in the image" we have from the moment of our creation and fact "under the form of" gaining through his own free will. If we say God in creation "according to form" but only "quadruplicate", that is, if not given us the ability to become like Him, on their own, we could not achieve likeness.
Keywords
Human, God, Image of God, The Church Fathers, Evil
(Language: slovak)