Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
Still, since God’s image has not been so completely erased in the soul of man by the stain of earthly affections, as to have left remaining there not even the merest lineaments of it whence it might be justly said that man, even in the ungodliness of his life, does, or appreciates, some things contained in the law; if this is what is meant by the statement that “the Gentiles, which have not the law” (that is, the law of God), “do by nature the things contained in the law,” and that men of this character “are a law to themselves,” and “show the work of the law written in their hearts,” — that is to say, what was impressed on their hearts when they were created in the image of God has not been wholly blotted out: ...
For more, see Augustine on the image of God in man.
P.S. See this link for another quotation from Augustine on a similar theme.
For more, see Augustine on the image of God in man.
P.S. See this link for another quotation from Augustine on a similar theme.