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| Body, Soul, and Spirit and is indebted into Greek Metaphysics. Trichotomists disagree as to what constitutes "soul" and "spirit" |
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"Soul" and "Spirit" are synonyms
Generally affirms both the Souls disembodied state after death and its reunion with the body at resurrection. |
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| THE SUBSTANTIVE/STRUCTURAL VIEW |
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1. According to this view, the image consists of certain characteristics, whether physical,
psychological or spiritual.
2. This has been the dominant view throughout most of Church history. Generally, characteristics
such as intellect, conscience, and free will have been cited as components of the image. |
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This view regards the image as being in relationship to God and one another. We display God’s
image as we actively relate to Him. It does not consist in qualities we possess, but the imaging
that occurs whenever we relate to Him. It is not a static possession, but a dynamic relationship. |
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This view regards the image “not as something humans are or experience, but as something they
do.”
2. This very old view that has experienced a recent resurgence. The activity generally cited is man’s
exercise of dominion over creation. This is based on Gen 1:26-27 and Ps 8:5f. |
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