Understanding the Human Person as Imago Dei: A Biblical Perspective | Fr. Jordan Schmidt, O.P.

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🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Jordan Schmidt explores the concept of humans being created in God's image and likeness (Imago Dei) from a biblical perspective, particularly focusing on the Genesis creation account and St. Paul's teachings.

This lecture was given on November 7th, 2024, at University of South Florida.

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About the Speaker:

Fr. Jordan Schmidt graduated with a BA in English and Philosophy from St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN in 2002. He entered the Order of Preachers in 2005 and after completing his theological studies (STL and Mdiv), he was ordained a priest in 2012. Fr. Jordan initially served as associate pastor of St Mary’s parish in New Haven, CT, and subsequently returned to the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC to pursue doctoral studies at CUA, ultimately earning his PhD in biblical studies in 2018. He is currently an assistant professor of Sacred Scripture at the PFIC where he teaches various Old Testament courses, including survey courses on the Pentateuch, Prophets, and Wisdom literature as well as seminar courses on biblical inspiration, eschatology and apocalyptic literature, theological history, and creation theology.

Keywords: Ancient Near East, Creation, Genesis, Imago Dei, Jesus Christ, Original Sin, Saint Paul, Sacrifice, Worship

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0:25.7	In the book of Genesis,
0:28.2	we have it stated that God created humankind
0:33.6	in his image and likened this.
0:36.5	Genesis chapter 1.
0:38.7	God made every kind of wild animal, every kind of tame animal, and every kind of thing that
0:44.8	crawls on the ground.
0:46.5	God saw that it was good.
0:48.8	Then God said, let us make human beings in our image and after our likeness.
0:56.0	Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the tame animals, the wild animals, and all the creatures
1:01.1	that crawl on the earth. God created mankind in his image. In the image of God he created them,
1:09.1	male and female he created them. God blessed them, and God said to them,
1:15.3	be fertile and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea,
1:21.1	the birds of the air, and all the living things that crawl on the earth. So it happened. God looked at everything he had made and found
1:29.7	that it was good. Evening came and morning followed the sixth day. You probably recognize this passage.
1:38.0	It's one of the readings that we read every Easter. It comes up quite a bit if we're ever talking
1:44.0	about creation in the Bible.
1:47.0	And in it, it is clear that human beings are created apart from, in continuity with,
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