Whether the Image of God Is to Be Found in Irrational Creatures?
Further, in irrational creatures there is neither fault nor pain; but, nevertheless, they have corruption and defect, which are evils.
Whether the image of God is in irrational creatures?
No kind of adjuration may be used in regard to irrational creatures, since they are without knowledge sufficient for receiving a command or a request.
Human laws cannot regulate the acts of irrational creatures, for these creatures cannot understand a command as such, and man cannot give them natural inclinations (e.
Now faith extends to irrational creatures, since we believe that heaven and earth were created by God, that the fishes and birds were brought forth out of the waters, and animals that walk, and plants, out of the earth.
But the word neighbor cannot be extended to irrational creatures, since they have no fellowship with man in the rational life.
Objection 1: It would seem that Christ worked miracles unfittingly on irrational creatures.
But as in rational creatures we find the likeness of image, so in irrational creatures we find the image of trace.
If the case be ours, we may hope to be then able to answer these questions, when we can explain the most certain fact which they involve; Why the Earth was occupied so long by irrational creatures, before the rational race was placed upon it?
It has proceeded farther in the process of refrigeration than the earth, because it is smaller; and in its present state, is manifestly unfit for the residence either of rational or irrational creatures.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "irrational creatures" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
