People in communional relationship. An Essay from Biological Anthropology and Trinitarian theology

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to present that the human person is defined constitutively by being in relation to other persons. Person is essentially open to communion. And this is not an abstract concept, since the specifically human morphological-corporeal elements (biped-erect posture, hand, face, size and complexity of the brain, bucosupralaryngeal structure, slowed down and discontinuous growth and physiologically early birth) require, in their operation, the cooperation of the other. Beside, if we look at the human person in the light of Trinitarian theological reflection, taking the divine person as the analogatum princeps, we discover that the human person is equally conceived in relation to other person, including divine Trinity. From this perspective, the following are defining notes: the ontological primacy of the person, the call to intercompenetration, the role of the third person and the communion of plural singularities. Finally, it will be pointed out how Christian theology  find the link between reflection on human embodiment and on the Trinitarian aspects in the incarnation of the eternal Word.