It Begins with God
God’s Revelation through Creation Is in Itself His Self-Revelation:
Through His creation, through its laws, God reveals Himself in its perfectness, in its wonders of physics. Go also reveals Himself in the inner reality of humankind, within our art and architecture.
Through His word, within the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, we are given our understanding of reality, our place in the grand scheme of things (Christian Anthropology). It is humanity’s attempt to go back to its origins: to its Creator. And we intrinsically and constantly need to express this inner reality as a human race.
Through His creation, through its laws, God reveals Himself in its perfectness, in its wonders of physics. Go also reveals Himself in the inner reality of humankind, within our art and architecture.
Through His word, within the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, we are given our understanding of reality, our place in the grand scheme of things (Christian Anthropology). It is humanity’s attempt to go back to its origins: to its Creator. And we intrinsically and constantly need to express this inner reality as a human race.
- Architecture is an expression from humanity;
- therefore, we must know ourselves well if we are to know our architectural expressions.
- SO, WHAT IS A HUMANITY ?
HUMANITY
Imago DeiCreated in the image and likeness of God
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Beautiful CreatureIn God's eyes, we are perfectly made, unique yet part of an intricate whole, functioning together towards one goal.
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Always BecomingHardwired to become more like God, “divinization” - to love and to create.
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Man has an intrinsic need to express himself.
The deeper he knows himself, the closer he is to the Imago Dei within. Humankind's creation also can go deeper – be more profound, it a way that speaks the Truth of the Gospel. The more others "hear" its gospel message, the more glorious this man-made creation is and the closer it is to God’s Image, which had began within: the divine spark of life of the Holy Spirit.
The creating/building itself is telling us that there is great meaning in the physical.
The human body is physical. Therefore, even the body and its actions can be profound.
Our experience of the physical reality has the sole purpose of drawing us towards the beyond, towards the celestial, towards the sacred. We see this in God's creation of Adam and Eve, in His providence within human history. Every experience of man is divinely designed towards the Sacred. Additionally, the human senses too were designed to aid this experience.
However, Free Will allows us to dismiss the sacred.
Our experience of the physical reality has the sole purpose of drawing us towards the beyond, towards the celestial, towards the sacred. We see this in God's creation of Adam and Eve, in His providence within human history. Every experience of man is divinely designed towards the Sacred. Additionally, the human senses too were designed to aid this experience.
However, Free Will allows us to dismiss the sacred.