Lord’s Day 3, Chapter 1: After The Image of God (3) / Chapter 2: Man’s Relation to God (1)

Chapter 1: After The Image of God However, man was originally created so that he actually possessed the image of God. He was not only formally adapted to bear the image of God, but he was also materially endowed with the spiritual ethical virtues of that image. These virtues are usually distinguished as true knowledge of God, righteousness and holiness. The Catechism in its answer to question 6 directly mentions only "true righteousness and holiness"; yet, the element of true knowledge of God...