imitatio Dei
English
editNoun
edit- The practice or virtue of acting in the ways of God.
- 2001, David L. Lieber, Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1020:
- The Exodus version of the 4th commandment explains Shabbat in terms of what scholars of religion call imitatio dei (i.e., as God rested on the seventh day, so should you).