Wonderfully helpful. Might I add another point? It was common in seventeenth-century theological anthropology to refer to man as animal religiosum: the thinking being that what most truly separates us from (other) animals is that we desire to, and need to, worship God. Man alone thirsts for the face of God. And that ties in nicely with your second point, about self rule: the ultimate example of which is forsaking this life in order to dwell with God in the next. Worship motivates dominion over our own desires (nicely indicated by the passage you refer to in 1 Corinthians 7, too).
Love the conclusion about how we should put material things and/or earthly activities in their proper place. Thank You for pulling together so many views that often appeared to be contradictory :)
Wonderfully helpful. Might I add another point? It was common in seventeenth-century theological anthropology to refer to man as animal religiosum: the thinking being that what most truly separates us from (other) animals is that we desire to, and need to, worship God. Man alone thirsts for the face of God. And that ties in nicely with your second point, about self rule: the ultimate example of which is forsaking this life in order to dwell with God in the next. Worship motivates dominion over our own desires (nicely indicated by the passage you refer to in 1 Corinthians 7, too).
Insights from the 17th century are always welcome, especially coming from you!
Yeah bet you didn’t see that one coming
Love the conclusion about how we should put material things and/or earthly activities in their proper place. Thank You for pulling together so many views that often appeared to be contradictory :)