1. SOME BASIC HUMAN PRINCIPLES
SOURCES: SCRIPTURES/SOCIAL TEACHINGS OF THE CHURCH/TRADITION
2. 1. HUMAN PERSON
A. Man, Woman created in the Image
and likeness of God (Gen 1: 27)
3. GEN 1:27: “GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS IMAGE, IN
THE DIVINE IMAGE HE CREATED HIM; MALE AND
FEMALE HE CREATED THEM.”
4. • This image is bestowed
on (Human)mankind by
his Creator, not assigned
to (Human) mankind by
other humans based on
a relative standard of
individual worth.
5. HUMAN LIFE IS SACRED
• “The sanctity of
human life is based
on the fact that
‘God created man
in his own image
and likeness’ (Gen
1:27).
6. ST. BONAVENTURE SAYS:
•“Creation contains the footprints
of God. That which is created
mirrors its Maker and, because
of that, is precious.”
7. HUMAN LIFE IS THE CENTER OF ALL GOD’S
CREATION.” (HUMAN LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL, P. 25)
• Human life,
from its
beginning
the creative
of God and it
remains for ever
a special
relationship
the Creator,
its sole end.”
“Human life is
sacred because
of the
immortality of
its soul, its vital
principle.” (Gen
2:7).
8. •We must deal
each other with
awe that arises
in the presence
of something
holy and
sacred.
• Economic Justice for All, #28
9. •This teaching rests
on one basic
principle:
individual human
beings are the
foundation, the
cause and the end
of every social
institution. (Mater et
10. SOME BIBLICAL PASSAGES:
• GOD superintends every life from its earliest moments in the womb:
a) “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you…” (Jeremiah 1:
5)
b) “You Formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s
womb.” (Psalm 139: 13)
11. GOD SO THOROUGHLY SUSTAINS
EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIFE
•The Bible says, “If He were to take back
His spirit to Himself, and withdraw to
Himself His breath, All flesh would
perish together, and man would return
to the dust” (Job 34:14- 15)
