Original scientific paper
MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM. THE IMPRINT OF THE CHRISTIAN ANTHROPOLOGY
Richard Pavlić
orcid.org/0000-0002-4403-7062
; Theology of Rijeka, Dislocated Studies of Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
The article approaches the subject of human sexuality from the perspective of Christian anthropology. The Biblical account of creation is the starting point. In the first part of the article, Genesis 1-3 is analyzed. Sexuality is one of the fundamental notions of the creation, expressed in a specific way in the First and the Second Creation account (Gen 1-2). Both chapters present the human as a being of relation, which is his structural characteristic. The sexuality is a significant determinant of the human ability to relate. Gen 3 presents this ability in its vulnerability, which is the consequence of the sin. Biblical presentation of human sexuality necessarily leads to the subject of marriage and family, which is the focus of the second part of the article. The biblical meaning of marriage and family is briefly described in respect to the ideal proposed by the Book of Genesis. As a conclusion, some current questions regarding family and sexuality in the contemporary society are presented in relation to the first two subjects.
Keywords
Biblical anthropology; sexuality; marriage; family
Hrčak ID:
133737
URI
Publication date:
29.1.2015.
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