Christ the Key (Current Issues in Theology Book 7)
First, it recognizes that human beings are made by and for the Creator who is known in Jesus Christ. In other words, to be truly and fully human, we need to “find” ourselves in relationship to the One who made us and for whom we are made. The gospel is the way we learn to be human.
James K. A. Smith • You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit
Humanity is negated in Christ, ordered beyond itself to reveal very God, and in revealing very God, the very human is also revealed. For what could be more human than to reveal God?
Natalie Carnes • Image and Presence: A Christological Reflection on Iconoclasm and Iconophilia (Encountering Traditions)
The inner life of God is the ministry of shared union. The Father ministers to the Son as the Son finds complete union with the Father in and through the Holy Spirit. We are made in this image; our being is hypostatic—we are persons whose being is in relation to others—and therefore always in need of a minister.