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The Dignity of the Human Person Handout 3 (2015)
The Dignity of the Human Person Handout 3
As such, “the divine image is present in every man” (Catechism of the Catholic Church (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Libreria Editrice Vaticana—United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2000, no. 1702) and each person is “endowed with ‘a spiritual and immortal’ soul” being “the only creature on earth that God willed for his own sake.” (CCC, no.1703) Endowed with intellect and freewill, mankind is “capable of understanding the order of things established by the Creator” and is “capable of directing himself toward his true good” (CCC, no. 1704) in which he will find his perfection and happiness.