AnothersubjectwhichgaverisetomuchsearchingofScriptureandlongtrainsoftheologicalreasoningwasthedifferencebetweenthecreationofmanandthatofotherlivingbeings。
Greatstresswaslaidbytheologians，fromSt。BasilandSt。
AugustinetoSt。ThomasAquinasandBossuet，andfromLuthertoWesley，ontheradicaldistinctionindicatedinGenesis，Godhavingcreatedman“inhisownimage。”Whatthisstatementmeantwasseeninthelightofthelaterbiblicalstatementthat“AdambegatSethinhisownlikeness，afterhisimage。”
Inviewofthisandofwell-knowntextsincorporatedfromoldercreationlegendsintotheHebrewsacredbooksitcametobewidelyheldthat，whilemanwasdirectlymouldedandfashionedseparatelybytheCreator’shand，theanimalsgenerallywereevokedinnumbersfromtheearthandseabytheCreator’svoice。
AquestionnowarosenaturallyastotheDISTINCTIONSOFSPECIES