AnothersubjectwhichgaverisetomuchsearchingofScriptureandlongtrainsoftheologicalreasoningwasthedifferencebetweenthecreationofmanandthatofotherlivingbeings。

　　Greatstresswaslaidbytheologians，fromSt。BasilandSt。

　　AugustinetoSt。ThomasAquinasandBossuet，andfromLuthertoWesley，ontheradicaldistinctionindicatedinGenesis，Godhavingcreatedman“inhisownimage。”Whatthisstatementmeantwasseeninthelightofthelaterbiblicalstatementthat“AdambegatSethinhisownlikeness，afterhisimage。”

　　Inviewofthisandofwell-knowntextsincorporatedfromoldercreationlegendsintotheHebrewsacredbooksitcametobewidelyheldthat，whilemanwasdirectlymouldedandfashionedseparatelybytheCreator’shand，theanimalsgenerallywereevokedinnumbersfromtheearthandseabytheCreator’svoice。

　　AquestionnowarosenaturallyastotheDISTINCTIONSOFSPECIES

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