Claim. Each person who has completed the purpose-of-creation is a unique existence in the cosmos whose value equals that of the entire universe.
Elaboration. Per dp-1-the-value-of-a-person-who-has-realized-the-purpose-of-creation, DP grounds cosmic-unique value in three converging arguments.
Uniqueness from purpose. Each person “manifests a distinctive aspect of God’s dual-characteristics” and is “the only one in the entire universe who can stimulate that distinctive aspect of God’s nature to bring Him joy.” DP enlists the Buddha’s “In heaven and on earth, I alone am the honored one” as cross-traditional witness.
Value-of-cosmos via microcosm. A perfected person rules spirit world by spirit-self and physical world by flesh-self and “encapsulates all the essences of everything in the cosmos.” DP rereads Jesus — “what will it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life?” (26) — as direct evidence: one perfected person’s value equals the whole world.
Irreplaceability. DP’s machine analogy: “Suppose there is a perfect machine, whose every part is the only one of its kind… its value is then the same as that of the whole machine.” Each perfected person is a non-replaceable part of the cosmos.
The doctrine is the anthropological premise of Ch 7’s christology: cosmic-unique value is the standing status of every completed individual, not Christ’s exceptional property.
See also. dp-perfected-individuals-cannot-fall