Monday, September 29, 2008

Theosis/Deification Greek/Latin

Deification, then, is not a transcending of what it means to be human, but the fulfillment of what it is to be human. Although we need to realize how far we are from that fulfillment, that realization is greatly impeded by the conviction that to be human is to be fallen and frail (“all too human”)...Deification reveals the divine and lofty purpose for which humankind was created.—Andrew Louth in Partakers of the Divine Nature, page 39

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