In this episode, Tony Crescio, discusses how an overemphasis on the capabilities of modern science has led to a misremembering of our creatureliness as humans, and more specifically, as creatures “created in the image and likeness of God.” This has led to the usurpation of the role of Creator by human persons, leading to countless societal problems. Tony suggests that both a proper catechesis of creation and the cultivation of four key virtues with the aid of the gifts of the Holy Spirit are central to recapturing a proper sense of creatureliness that leads to authentic human flourishing.
Music by Stephanie Wise
Works Cited
Fr. Teilhard de Chardin, “Patient Trust.”
St. Augustine of Hippo, s. 260D
Fourth Lateran Council, Chapter 1. The Catholic Faith in Denzinger, 43rd edition, 800.
Joseph Ratzinger, ‘In the Beginning…’: A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall, ix.
Pope Francis, Laudato Si.
Christian Smith and Amy Adamczyk, Handing Down the Faith: How Parents Pass Their Religion on to the Next Generation.
Catechism of the Catholic Church, 282.
Colossians 1:15-17
1 Corinthians 15:28
Colossians 1:18-20
St. John Paul II, Fides et Ratio, 31.
St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica.
Genesis 2:7
Jeremiah 18:6
Isaiah 29:16
Romans 9:20
St. Augustine of Hippo, s. 278
Tony Crescio is the founder of FRESHImage Ministries. He holds an MTS from the University of Notre Dame and is currently a PhD candidate in Christian Theology at Saint Louis University. His research focuses on the intersection between moral and sacramental theology. His dissertation is entitled, Presencing the Divine: Augustine, the Eucharist and the Ethics of Exemplarity.
Tony’s academic publications can be found here.
