“The image of the invisible God”: The Incarnation and the practice early Christian philanthropy – ABC Relgion & Ethics December 23, 2020 by Fulcrum Early Christian philanthropy was deeply informed by the theological concept of the imago Dei, the conviction that humans were created in the image of God — a belief that Christianity had taken over from Judaism. Gary Ferngren. ABC Relgion & Ethics. 18 December 2020 FulcrumShareTweetShare