As a reflection of the image of God, the rational and social nature of the human being manifests itself in the establishment of societies which are governed by laws.
It all strikes me as very incarnational. I suppose a very imperfect way of putting it would be that Ecclesiastical law is using human forms to achieve divine ends.
It all strikes me as very incarnational. I suppose a very imperfect way of putting it would be that Ecclesiastical law is using human forms to achieve divine ends.