Imago Dei

Menimbang Ajaran Thomas Aquinas tentang Manusia sebagai Citra Allah

Authors

  • Fransiskus Guna

Keywords:

imago dei, penyebab eksemplaris. , trinitas, jiwa intelektual, fisik

Abstract

Imago Dei refers to the concept in Judeo-Christian theology that human beings are created in the image and likeness of God as narrated in the book of Genesis 1:26-27, which states, "Then God said, 'Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness'... So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them." Thomas Aquinas, a distinguised medieval Christian theologian and philosopher, addresses the concept of Imago Dei by drawing on the Christian theological tradition, and provides insight into what it means for humans to be created in the image of God. He believes that humans reflect the image of God through their rationality and ability to reason and also through their capacity to choose the good and exercise moral agency. While Aquinas' teaching on the Imago Dei has been widely accepted and influential, there seems that some points of such theme challenge us  to engage in discussing it critically. By focusing on the intellectual soul, Aquinas only pays attention to the intellectual and spiritual aspects of the human person even though the human person includes the physical aspects. Does Aquinas's understanding fully describe the human person as the image of God? This is the issue that needs to be discussed.

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Published

2025-03-24

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2/April (2024)

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