This is in essence what the Larger Catechism said in its summary description of man’s nature: God “made them after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness; having the law of God written in their hearts, and power to fulfil it, and dominion over the creatures; yet subject to fall” (A. 17). The word epignosis is particularly of interest. According to Edward Robinson’s Lexicon (1850), it means “Full knowledge.” According to Joseph Henry Thayer’s Lexicon (1886), it means “precise and