christian-soteriologyfeatured in 16 works
Theosis (Deification)
Made not merely forgiven but transformed, partakers of the divine nature
Theosis describes salvation as the transformation of the human person, by grace, into the likeness of God, becoming what 2 Peter calls a 'partaker of the divine nature.' Rooted in Irenaeus, Athanasius, and Maximus the Confessor, it does not mean becoming God in essence. Traditions differ in emphasis: it is central and explicit in Eastern Orthodoxy, while Catholics and some Protestants affirm related ideas in qualified and differently framed ways.
How it traveled
- 1 JohnEphesus · 100explains
- Against Heresies: Book VLyons · 202explains
- Against Heresies: Book IVLyons · 202explains
- Against the Arians. (Orationes contra Arianos IV.)Alexandria · 373explains
- The Incarnation of the WordAlexandria · 373explains
- De Spiritu SanctoCaesarea (Cappadocia) · 379explains
- Select Orations of Saint Gregory NazianzenNazianzus · 390explains
- The Great CatechismNyssa · 395explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and ThessaloniansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- City of GodHippo Regius · 430explains
- Expositions on the Book of PsalmsHippo Regius · 430explains
- Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)Paris · 1274explains
- HeavenNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758explains
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, in Three PartsNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758explains
- Dissertation on the End for Which God Created the WorldNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758explains
- Five Sermons. On Different OccasionsNorthampton, Massachusetts · 1758explains
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Modern teachers who discuss this idea
Modern and living teachers whose books take up Theosis (Deification). These works are still in copyright, so we can’t show the text here — each links out to the book.
- Vladimir SolovyovLectures on Divine Humanity(1881)View on Amazon→
- Vladimir SolovyovThe Meaning of Love(1894)View on Amazon→