Partakers of the Divine Nature: The History and Development of Deificiation in the Christian TraditionsMichael J. Christensen, Jeffery A. Wittung This critical volume focuses on the issue of continuity and discontinuity of the Christian concept of theosis, or deification, in the intellectual history of ideas. It addresses the origin, development, and function of theosis from its antecedents in ancient Greek philosophy to its nuanced use in contemporary theological thought. Often seen as a heresy in the Protestant West, the revival of interest in deification in both lay and scholastic circles heralds a return to foundational understandings of salvation in the Christian church before the divisions of East and West, Catholic and Protestant. |
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... Eastern Orthodox , Roman Catholic , and Protestant traditions , introduce and summarize the nature and function of deification and then lead the reader through four general historical periods of develop- ment : Greek and New Testament ...
... Eastern Orthodox , Roman Catholic , and Protestant traditions , introduce and summarize the nature and function of deification and then lead the reader through four general historical periods of develop- ment : Greek and New Testament ...
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... . Excerpts from St. Ephrem the Syrian : Hymns on Paradise translated by S. P. Brock , Copyright 1990 pp . 49 , 60-61 , 73 , 78 , 80 , 81 , 134-35 , 111-12 ; and The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church by Vladimir 7 Acknowledgments.
... . Excerpts from St. Ephrem the Syrian : Hymns on Paradise translated by S. P. Brock , Copyright 1990 pp . 49 , 60-61 , 73 , 78 , 80 , 81 , 134-35 , 111-12 ; and The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church by Vladimir 7 Acknowledgments.
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... Eastern Church by Vladimir Lossky , Copy- right 1998 , pp . 50 , 67 , 69-70 , 73-74 , 77-78 , 88-89 , 94-96 , 117 , 158 , 238 , used by permission of St. Vladimir's Seminary Press , 575 Scarsdale Road , Crestwood , N.Y. , 1-800-204-2665 ...
... Eastern Church by Vladimir Lossky , Copy- right 1998 , pp . 50 , 67 , 69-70 , 73-74 , 77-78 , 88-89 , 94-96 , 117 , 158 , 238 , used by permission of St. Vladimir's Seminary Press , 575 Scarsdale Road , Crestwood , N.Y. , 1-800-204-2665 ...
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... . In this spirit we delight in offering this unique volume and labor of love to a larger readership . Michael J. Christensen Feast of Pentecost , 2006 Introduction Michael J. Christensen and Jeffery A. Wittung EASTERN ORTHODOX 10 PREFACE.
... . In this spirit we delight in offering this unique volume and labor of love to a larger readership . Michael J. Christensen Feast of Pentecost , 2006 Introduction Michael J. Christensen and Jeffery A. Wittung EASTERN ORTHODOX 10 PREFACE.
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... EASTERN ORTHODOX SPIRITUALITY HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY POPULAR in academic and lay circles , as has the ancient Christian idea of becoming " partakers of the divine nature " ( 2 Pt 1 : 4 ) and of " becoming god " ( Athana- sius ) .1 ...
... EASTERN ORTHODOX SPIRITUALITY HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY POPULAR in academic and lay circles , as has the ancient Christian idea of becoming " partakers of the divine nature " ( 2 Pt 1 : 4 ) and of " becoming god " ( Athana- sius ) .1 ...
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Can We Speak of Theosis in Paul? | 68 |
4 Speak of Deification? | 81 |
Theosis in Patristic Thought | 93 |
The Strategic Adaptation of Deification in the Cappadocians | 95 |
Little Christs for the World Faith and Sacraments as Means to Theosis | 189 |
United to God through Christ | 200 |
Christian Perfection as Faith Filled with the Energy of Love | 219 |
Theosis in Modern Thought | 231 |
NeoPalamism Divinizing Grace and the Breach between East and West | 233 |
Russian Theosis | 250 |
Divinization in Roman Catholicism | 259 |
A Renewal of Interest and a Need for Clarity | 281 |
Rhetorical Application of Theosis in Greek Patristic Theology | 115 |
Divinization as Perichoretic Embrace in Maximus the Confessor | 132 |
Paradise as the Landscape of Salvation in Ephrem the Syrian | 146 |
Theosis in Medieval and Reformation Thought | 161 |
A Eucharistic Reading of John 35157 in Būluṣ alBūshīs Treatise On the Incarnation | 163 |
Theoria and the Doctrinal Logic of Perfection | 175 |
Resources on Theosis with Select Primary Sources in Translation | 294 |
Contributors | 311 |
General Index | 313 |
Scripture Index | 323 |
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Adam Anselm Athanasius become believer biblical body Bulgakov Buluş Calvin Catholic Christology church Commentary concept of deification context created creation creature Cyril Cyril of Alexandria distinction divine nature Divine-humanity doctrine of deification doctrine of theosis Eastern Ephrem Ephrem the Syrian essence eternal Eucharist existence faith Father Finnish flesh gift glory God's gods grace Greek Gregory of Nazianzus Gregory of Nyssa Gregory Palamas Hellenistic Holy Spirit human nature Hymns Ibid idea immortality Incarnation Irenaeus Jesus John justification language Logos Lossky Luther Lutheran Maximus the Confessor means moral neo-Palamite notion NPNF ontological Oration original Orthodox theology paradise partakers participation patristic Paul perfection Peter philosophical Plato Proslogion Rahner redemption resurrection rhetorical righteousness Roman sacraments salvation sanctification self-communication soteriology soul speak teaching theme theologians theosis thought tion tradition trans transcendent transfiguration transformation understanding union with Christ University Press virtue vision Vladimir Lossky Wesley Wesley's Wesleyan Western Word writes
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Page 198 - I have said, Ye are gods ; and all of you are children of the most high.
Page 113 - He who has been instructed thus far in the things of love, and who has learned to see the beautiful in due order and succession, when he comes toward the end will suddenly perceive a nature of wondrous beauty...
Page 225 - Heavenly Father, life divine, Change my nature into thine ; Move, and spread throughout my soul, Actuate, and fill the whole: Be it I no longer now Living in the flesh, but thou.
Page 78 - For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Page 68 - You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body which is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.
Page 68 - I tell you this, brethren: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
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Page 220 - Finish, then, thy new creation; Pure and spotless let us be; Let us see thy great salvation Perfectly restored in thee...
Page 75 - And all of us. with unveiled faces, seeing the glory of the Lord, as though reflected in a mirror, arc being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another; for this comes from the Lord, the Spirit (2 Corinthians 3:17-18).
Page 73 - I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what is the will of God — what is good and acceptable and perfect.
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