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| | Theology Today - Vol 50, No.4 - January 1993 - ARTICLE - Humble Dominion |
 | | You have given them dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under their feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the seas (Ps. |
 | | Luther, commenting upon humankind's expanded dominion (to eat meat) granted by God in Genesis 9:2-3, notes that it is a "more extensive and oppressive dominion" than existed before the fall and flood, that humans are given authority like that of "a tyrant who has absolute power" over life and death. |
 | | Man would fail in his royal office of dominion over the earth were he to exploit the earth's resources to the detriment of the land, plant life, animals, rivers, and seas.... |
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