theosis

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… The church fathers and mothers, East and West, describe our journey of faith as a theosis: a human divinization. "

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  1. See the extract. The return of the soul to the universal Intellect is designated by Erigena as Theosis, or Deification. In that final absorption all remembrance of its past experiences is lost. J. W. Draper, Hist. of Conflict between Religion and [Science, v.

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  • Essentially she achieved theosis or divinization at her conception because God preserved her from spiritual fallenness .... she was divinized as it were. —  Biblical Evidence for Catholicism
  • We are attracted by him when we see him, and that inspires us to know him more, growing in love and understanding in our eternal theosis. —  Vox Nova
  • In them are contained explanations of the Orthodox teaching on the Divine Essence and the Persons of the Holy Trinity, on the Incarnation of the Word of God, and on "theosis" ( "deification") of human nature. —  orrologion
  • It is only the mercy of God that has the capacity to endow theosis unto the existing ... —  orrologion
  • Moreso, it is the denial of theosis as a possibility, and the trivialization of salvation as a juridical motion from a divine defense. —  Second Terrace
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  1. Greek Θεός, God, + -osis, implying fulness.
 

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