On the level of nature, it is becoming ever more evident that the pretensions of homo faber as the essential definition of humanness are the prime source of the worsening ecological crisis we face. (firstthings.com)
Both, therefore, are «good» in their essential definition and both are intrinsically ordered towards fulfilment in the glory of God. (faith.org.uk)
These sometimes tend to cut the Church off from its environment, because they become the essential definition of the Church and the boundaries between inclusion and exclusion. (religion-online.org)