7. The Dignity of Man

The Dignity of Man 7 Only humans are created with the capacity to know love and serve God Compendium 66-70 Genesis 1:26-31 Only man was created in the "image of God" Genesis 1:27 God willed us into being for no other reason than his love for us. Since God values us for our own sake, so too, should we value others for their own sake. We were made to know, love and serve God in this life and to be happy with him in the next. We are a unity of body and soul. A material body given by our parents and a spiritual soul directly created by God. Each person is an unrepeatable reality. We are the only creatures who can know love and serve God. We are called to a greatness that goes beyond earthly existence.