Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.1ED-1

[A normal context includes design.

‘Recognition’ points to the design manifested in God Recognizing Himself.

What does God Recognize?

Himself.

God recognizes Himself as a divine object.

Similarly, when ‘I recognize myself’, I may see ‘an image of God.’

Or I may simply see a reflection in a mirror of someone else’s making.

‘Recognition’ emerges from and situates the potential of ‘what I am able to recognize. That is, my conscience, and self.]