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The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo

Genesis 1:26

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Genesis 1:26 (WEB)

God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Catechism · 8

The Sacrament of Matrimony

  • §1602Article 7 · The Sacrament of MatrimonyRead at vatican.va

    “Sacred Scripture begins with the creation of man and woman in the image and likeness of God and concludes with a vision of "the wedding-feast of the Lamb."” — Catechism footnote: Rev 19:7, 9; cf. Gen 1:26-27.

I Believe in God

  • §225Paragraph 1 · I Believe in GodRead at vatican.va

    “It means knowing the unity and true dignity of all men: everyone is made in the image and likeness of God.” — Catechism footnote: Gen 1:26.

The Seventh Commandment

  • §2402Article 7 · The Seventh CommandmentRead at vatican.va

    “In the beginning God entrusted the earth and its resources to the common stewardship of mankind to take care of them, master them by labor, and enjoy their fruits.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 1:26-29.

The Eighth Commandment

  • §2501Article 8 · The Eighth CommandmentRead at vatican.va

    “Created "in the image of God,"” — Catechism footnote: Gen 1:26.

The Seven Petitions

  • §2809Article 3 · The Seven PetitionsRead at vatican.va

    “In making man in his image and likeness, God "crowned him with glory and honor," but by sinning, man fell "short of the glory of God."” — Catechism footnote: Ps 8:5; Rom 3:23; cf. Gen 1:26.

The Creator

  • §299Paragraph 4 · The CreatorRead at vatican.va

    “The universe, created in and by the eternal Word, the "image of the invisible God", is destined for and addressed to man, himself created in the "image of God" and called to a personal relationship with God.” — Catechism footnote: Col 1:15, Gen 1:26.

  • §307Paragraph 4 · The CreatorRead at vatican.va

    “To human beings God even gives the power of freely sharing in his providence by entrusting them with the responsibility of "subduing" the earth and having dominion over it.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 1:26-28.

Heaven and Earth

  • §337Paragraph 5 · Heaven and EarthRead at vatican.va

    God himself created the visible world in all its richness, diversity and order. Scripture presents the work of the Creator symbolically as a succession of six days of divine "work", concluded by the "rest" of the seventh day.

Fathers and councils · 81

Tertullian

Origen

  • “It appears to me that Celsus has also misunderstood this statement, “Let Us make man in Our image and likeness;” and has therefore represented the “worms” as saying that, being created by God, we altogether resemble Him.” — editor's note: Cf. Gen. i. 26.

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  • “For the holy Scriptures know Him to be the most ancient of all the works of creation; for it was to Him that God said regarding the creation of man, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness.”” — editor's note: Cf. Gen. i. 26.

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  • “Celsus has also expressed his opinion that the narrative of the creation of man is “exceedingly silly,” without stating any proofs, or endeavouring to answer our arguments; for he had no evidence, in my judgment, which was fitted to overthrow the statement that “man has been made in the image of God.”” — editor's note: Cf. Gen. i. 26.

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  • “…all other philosophers, when he describes the first creation of man in these words: “And God said, Let Us make man in Our own image, and after Our likeness;” and then he adds the words: “So God created man in His own image: in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them, and He blessed them.”” — editor's note: Gen. i. 26.

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Gregory of Nyssa

Irenaeus of Lyons

  • “Man, too, was the workmanship of angels, a shining image bursting forth below from the presence of the supreme power; and when they could not, he says, keep hold of this, because it immediately darted upwards again, they exhorted each other, saying, “Let us make man after our image and likeness.”” — editor's note: Gen. i. 26.

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  • “Then, as all were disturbed by this new voice, and by the unexpected proclamation, and as they were inquiring whence the noise proceeded, in order to lead them away and attract them to himself, they affirm that Ialdabaoth exclaimed, “Come, let us make man after our image.”” — editor's note: Gen. i. 26.

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  • “But this is Adam, if the truth should be told, the first formed man, of whom the Scripture says that the Lord spake, “Let Us make man after Our own image and likeness;” and we are all from him: and as we are from him, therefore have we all inherited his title.” — editor's note: Gen. i. 26.

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  • “…the Spirit, by whom and in whom, freely and spontaneously, He made all things, to whom also He speaks, saying, “Let Us make man after Our image and likeness;” He taking from Himself the substance of the creatures [formed], and the pattern of things made, and the type of all the adornments in the world.” — editor's note: Gen. i. 26.

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Athanasius of Alexandria

  • “…as indiscriminate with ‘He made,’ and these men should have a pretence for saying, ‘Moses tells us indeed that God said from the beginning, “Let Us make man,”’ but he soon after says himself, ‘God that begat thee thou didst desert,’ as if the terms were indifferent; for offspring and work are the same.” — editor's note: Gen. i. 26.

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John Damascene

Cyril of Jerusalem

Eusebius of Caesarea

John Cassian

  • “…all the brethren how the Catholic Churches throughout the East interpreted the passage in Genesis where it says “Let us make man after our image and likeness.”” — editor's note: Gen. i. 26.

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  • “…been stained with the superstition of the heathen world, under the colour of this passage where it is said “Let us make man after our image and our likeness,” ignorance and simplicity being its authors, so that actually there has arisen owing to this hateful interpretation a heresy called that of the…” — editor's note: Gen. i. 26.

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Augustine of Hippo

Justin Martyr

Theodoret of Cyrus

Clement of Alexandria

Ambrose of Milan

Basil the Great

John Chrysostom

Jerome

Hilary of Poitiers

Cyprian of Carthage

Gregory of Nazianzus

  • “But the scope of our art is to provide the soul with wings, to rescue it from the world and give it to God, and to watch over that which is in His image, if it abides, to take it by the hand, if it is in danger, or restore it, if ruined, to make Christ to dwell in the heart by the Spirit: and, in short, to…” — editor's note: Gen. i. 26.

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  • “…comparing our wrongdoings with our benefits, and striking thought with thought, and scrutinising action with action, and calling us to account for the image which has been blurred and spoilt by wickedness, till at last He leads us away self-convicted and self-condemned, no longer able to say that we are being…” — editor's note: Gen. i. 26.

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Catena Aurea on John

  • OrigenCatena Aurea on John

    “Some moreover contend from Genesis, (Gen. 1:26) Let us make man after our image, that man means whatever is made after the image and similitude of God.” — the author cites it

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Catena Aurea on Luke

  • OrigenCatena Aurea on Luke

    “For there are two images in man, one which he received from God, as it is written, Let us make man in our own image: (Gen. 1:26.) another from the enemy, which he has contracted through disobedience and sin, allured and won by the enticing baits of the prince of this world.” — the author cites it

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Hippolytus of Rome

  • “There had appeared above from (the Being of) absolute sway, a brilliant image; and when (the angels) were not able to detain this, on account of its immediately, he says, returning with rapidity upwards, they exhorted one another, saying, “Let us make man in our likeness and image.”” — editor's note: Gen. i. 26.

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Cross-references · 103

  • Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.28 and 1 other place.

  • Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.28.

  • Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 62 and 1 other place.

  • Cited together in Against Celsus VI.49.

  • Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.17.

  • Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.16.

  • Cited together in The City of God XVI.6.

  • Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.16.

  • Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.16.

  • Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.16.

  • Cited together in Origen on Luke 20:19–26 (Catena Aurea).

  • Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 62.

  • Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 62.

  • Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 62.

  • Cited together in Catechism §299.

  • Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XII.6.

  • Cited together in Catechism §2809.

  • Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.28.

  • Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.28.

  • Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XII.6.

  • Cited together in Catechism §299.

  • Cited together in Catechism §299.

  • Cited together in Catechism §299.

  • Cited together in Catechism §299.

  • Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.4.

  • Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XII.6.

  • Cited together in Letters Letter 43.

  • Cited together in Letters Letter 43.

  • Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.

  • Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.7.

  • Cited together in Confessions VI.3.

  • Cited together in Catechism §2501.

  • Cited together in Catechism §2501.

  • Cited together in Catechism §299.

  • Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.18.

  • Cited together in Catechism §2809.

  • Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.

  • Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.19.

  • Cited together in Against Heresies I.24.

  • Cited together in Against Heresies I.24.

  • Cited together in Against Heresies I.24.

  • Cited together in Against Heresies I.24.

  • Cited together in Ecclesiastical History IV.9.

  • Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.18.

  • Cited together in Conferences I–X X.5.

  • Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.5.

  • Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.

  • Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.

  • Cited together in Against Celsus IV.30.

  • Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.18.

  • Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.5.

  • Cited together in Against Celsus IV.30.

  • Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.17.

  • Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.

  • Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.

  • Cited together in Ecclesiastical History IV.9.

  • Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.

  • Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.5.

  • Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy I.28.

  • Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.5.

  • Cited together in Origen on Luke 20:19–26 (Catena Aurea).

  • Cited together in Origen on Luke 20:19–26 (Catena Aurea).

  • Cited together in Origen on Luke 20:19–26 (Catena Aurea).

  • Cited together in Origen on Luke 20:19–26 (Catena Aurea).

  • Cited together in Origen on Luke 20:19–26 (Catena Aurea).

  • Cited together in Origen on Luke 20:19–26 (Catena Aurea).

  • Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 5 and 2 other places.

  • Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.19.

  • Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.14.

  • Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.18 and 1 other place.

  • Cited together in Letters Letter 43.

  • Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith II.14.

  • Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.14.

  • Cited together in Against Celsus IV.30 and 1 other place.

  • Cited together in On the Making of Man On the.12.

  • Cited together in Confessions XIII.22 and 1 other place.

  • Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.

  • Cited together in Catechism §307.

  • Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.

  • Cited together in Catechism §1602.

  • Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.16.

  • Cited together in On the Holy Trinity VII.6.

  • Cited together in Against Heresies I.30.

  • Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.18.

  • Cited together in Catechism §1602.

  • Cited together in Catechism §1602.

  • Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 6 and 1 other place.

  • Cited together in Catechism §299.

  • Cited together in Catechism §307.

  • Cited together in Catechism §2809 and 2 other places.

  • Cited together in Catechism §307.

  • Cited together in Confessions XIII.22.

  • Cited together in Catechism §307.

  • Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.16.

  • Cited together in Against Heresies I.24.

  • Cited together in Confessions VI.3.

  • Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.16.

  • Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.16.

  • Cited together in The City of God XIX.15.

  • Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.18.

  • Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies V.5.

  • Cited together in Catechism §1602.

  • Cited together in Catechism §1602.

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