The Diocese of Arlington’s educational course platform, Porta Fidei, premiered its latest course titled "The Human Person" led by Father Paul Scalia, Episcopal Vicar for Clergy and Pastor of Saint James Catholic Church in Falls Church.
The course sets out to answer one of the most asked questions, “What does it mean to be human?” Fr. Scalia makes the claim that the answer is fundamentally rooted in theology — rather than merely biology. The core principles of our humanity rest on the truths that we are created, fallen, and redeemed. Fr. Scalia draws primarily on the book of Genesis as well as the Four Gospels to elucidate the fact that God, through a free act of love, created humanity to be in relationship with him; man freely chose to reject God — choosing creation over the creator; and The Second Person of the Trinity, Jesus Christ, became man to reconcile us with the Father and heal the division caused by sin through his Passion, Death, and Resurrection. Father Scalia argues that we can never truly know ourselves if we lack this understanding of the human person. He states that these truths not only provide an accurate picture of our status as God’s creatures — but they liberate us and enable us to be in relationship with him now and in eternity.
This course can be found at portafidei.com/the-human-person. Watch the trailer below:
