It is not solely or chiefly in virtue of the divine image that man effectively resembles God, but in virtue of his consciousness of being an image and the movement whereby the soul, passing in a way through itself, avails itself of the factual resemblance in order to attain to God.
It__ worth noting my family doesn__ use the word step regarding anyone who__ married into our family. Jerry isn__, nor has he ever been, my step-dad. His mom isn__ my step grandma: neither are my aunts, uncles, or cousins. While there was never a discussion regarding how we categorize or title our family, we all just understood that for us, we are all simply family.
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It__ worth noting my family doesn__ use the word step regarding anyone who__ married into our family. Jerry isn__, nor has he ever been, my step-dad. His mom isn__ my step grandma: neither are my aunts, uncles, or cousins. While there was never a discussion regarding how we categorize or title our family, we all just understood that for us, we are all simply family.
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