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Truth In Christianity

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The Truth in Christianity, and the Nature of Humans and the World
Tom O’Hara
Although religion is such a common part of life, many people nowadays don’t understand the true meaning or purpose of different religions. The book Donum veritatis helps to shed some light on the overall purpose and the true meaning of the Christian faith. The piece goes into detail on theology and Christianity itself, describing the most important parts of the religion. According to Donum veritatis, one of the most significant parts of Christianty is the so-called ‘truth’. As shown throughout the book, this truth is actually the main purpose of Christianity, to find salvation through God.
Although the truth seems like a very vague term, Donum veritatis gives us …show more content…

1 Tim 2:4) and then goes on saying ‘from the depths of [man’s] being desires knowledge of it so that he can discover himself in the truth and find there his salvation’ (cf. 1 Tim 2:4). If ‘man was created for the perception of truth’ and it is in ‘Man’s nature’ to seek the truth, it shows that the truth is using Christianity to find salvation through God. As shown in this passage and in previous quotes, God made man to pursue the truth. This truth, which is the purpose of Christianity, is to find salvation through God. Once a man ‘can discover himself in the truth’ then he can ‘find there his salvation’. After all, God ‘desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth’ (1 Tim 2:4). These quotes all show that the truth is meant to describe salvation, and it is important because it is the main purpose of the Christian …show more content…

However, Genesis 1 and 2 can help to learn more about these topics. Genesis 1 goes into detail on the nature of the world, describing God’s creation of the earth. When God created the world, ‘the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep’ (Gen. 1.2). Essentially, the world is nothing like we know now. God went on to add light, water, animals, and more to earth. Finally, ‘God created man in his own image’ (Gen. 1.27). Not only has God created the world for humanity, he has created humanity from himself. The nature of the world is to be a home to man, and man is the most important being on earth. We learned that the nature of the world and human nature both come from God. Without God, neither of them could have existed. Further on, in Genesis 2, a passage reads ‘the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life’ (Gen. 2.7). Not only did God create man, but he also gave him life. This further shows that all of human nature extends from God, and we are meant to be an image of God himself. Genesis 1 and 2 gave us some great insight into the nature of the world and human nature, and it helped to answer some of the important questions about

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