Systematic Theology (Volume 2 of 3)

Chapter II. The Original State Of Man.

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I. Essentials of Man’s Original State. 1. Natural likeness to God, or personality. 2. Moral likeness to God, or holiness. A. The image of God as including only personality. B. The image of God as consisting simply in man’s natural capacity for religion. II. Incidents of Man’s Original State. 1. Results of man’s possession of the divine image. 2. Concomitants of man’s possession of the divine image.