On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Ed Heil wrote:
>Nik Taylor wrote:
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>> Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
>> > According to Dorothy L. Sayers (The Mind of the Maker), it's
>> > also the Christian orthodoxy, although not many people know
>> > that, so I'm not surprised Tolkien believed it, too.
>>
>> "Christian Orthodoxy"? Unless you're referring to the Orthodox churches
>> (of which I know little), orthodoxy for most protestants is purely
>> Biblical, and a combination of Bible and the Pope for Catholics, and in
>> neither of those sources can I find any hint that subcreation is the
>> purpose of Humanity.
I think it was the subject of the first question of the Baltimore
Catechism. The answer was along the lines of "to love and serve God
and be happy with Him in Heaven forever". Now it seems to be
something along the lines of being "transformed into the image of the
Father's only Son". Not a whole lot about subcreation there.
>And yet... and yet... What was the only thing that Adam actually
>accomplished before the Fall? Naming the animals. If the name of a
>thing is part of the thing, then he was engaging in an act of
>creation. And what was he specifically creating? Language.
>
>It's there for them who have eyes to see...
Rather for them that have ears to hear! :)
Padraic.
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