original man
male and female
Who was alone in the beginning?
Adam
Man is an expression of God’s _______
creative power
What is Original Nakedness?
Adam and Eve were naked without shame, as their hearts were not clouded by sin
What is the fundamental truth about human beings?
Spousal meaning of the body
the book of Genesis does not contradict _____
Science
Why do we desire to be united with God?
Because we are made in His image and likeness
God told Adam and Eve to :
Be fruitful and multiply
The naked body did not distract from their value because it:
Revealed their value; allowed them to see each other in the way God sees them
The spousal meaning of the body is the ____ _____ of the sign constructed by the human body in its _____ ______
Spiritual beauty,
Masculinity and femininity
The creation of man shows what original man was like before ____
Original Sin
What is not fully realised in our aloneness?
Our Essence
Love cannot exist in ____
isolation
_____ _____ enabled them to see original nakedness as the human body’s capacity to image God as love
original innocence
Original innocence let Adam and Eve:
Love freely as God created them to love
What is the integral vision of man?
Knowing what man is and understanding the whole picture of man
Adam’s ___ was revealed when he was made for _____
Body; another person
____ ____ ruptured this union between humanity and God, as well as wounded our unity with others, within ourselves and with all of creation.
Original Sin
What did Adam and Eve’s nakedness without shame reveal?
The holiness of God in the visible world
What is the foundation of the spousal meaning of the body?
Freedom
Understanding original solitude, unity, and nakedness is needed to understand what it means to be _____
human
Without ____ man remains _____
God, alone
Before Original Sin, Adam and Eve were in communion with:
Eachother, God, and the rest of creation
Adam and Eve saw each other through the mystery of ___
creation
Our bodies reveal that:
We are not simply make a gift of ourselves to others, but to make a gift of ourselves to God