Thought for the Day

Here we have the basic psychology of the patristic age [period of important theologians of the early Christian church from the end of the New Testament era until the 5th century]: human dignity comes from our relatedness to God, as given by God in creation. Unlike in the modern view, our dignity is grounded not in that which individuates us from others or demonstrates our self-sufficiency but in that which links us to God by virtue of his grace. Human dignity is seen in our connectedness to God, not in our autonomy. What is required is that one understand the objective state of things correctly: who God is and who we are as a consequence of his love, power, and respect for us.
--Ellen Charry, By The Renewing of Your Minds
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