Hopkins, a nineteenth-century Jesuit, was famous for his notion of "inscape," the unique distinctiveness of each and every entity and creature. Nonetheless, he illustrates the attraction of vertical vs. horizontal sacramentalism. A close examination of his writings shows that the true inscape of all things is Christ. "Inscape" is not a natural doctrine, but an incarnational one: to the extent that a person or thing fulfills its true being, it does so only in Christ. Things and people are diverse, unique, and particular only as they praise God and only in order to praise God.
— Sallie McFague, Super, Natural Christians