Being made in the image of God, man was the crown of creation.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
For it pleased God, after he had made all things by the word of his power, to create man after his own image.
Man was created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord and in this way to save his soul. The other things on Earth were created for man's use, to help him reach the end for which he was created.
For Christians, who believe they are created in the image of God, it is the Godhead, diversity in unity and the three-in-oneness of God, which we and all creation reflect.
The Son of God became man so that we might become God.
God created man in His own image, says the Bible; philosophers reverse the process: they create God in theirs.
Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation.
Men create the gods in their own image.
Humanity was created in the image of God; our love is a reflection of his.
God created man, but I could do better.
Man is not the lord of beings. Man is the shepherd of Being.