Humans Have Souls

The human being is created in God’s image and has both a physical body and an eternal soul. It is the soul which distinguishes humans from other animals and gives rise to the distinctively human attributes of intellect and will.

The gift of our intellect gives us the ability to reason, discern, and know the truth. Our intellect reaches its greatest fulfillment when we come to know God.

The gift of our will is the source of our true freedom by which we can choose what is good and reject what is evil. All of our actions arise from the exercise of our free will and the ultimate expression of our will is when we choose to love and follow God.

Although the effective exercise of these attributes may vary from one person to the next, our human dignity is based not on our function but on our nature.