Summa Theologiae/First Part of the Second Part/Prologue
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Prologue[edit]
Since, as Damascene states (De Fide Orthod. ii.), man is said to be made to God's image, in so far as the image implies an intelligent being endowed with free-will and self-movement: now that we have treated of the exemplar, i.e., God, and of those things which come forth from the power of God in accordance with His will; it remains for us to treat of His image, i.e., man, inasmuch as he too is the principle of his actions, as having free-will and control of his actions.