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Theosis - What does it mean?

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theosis

English

Noun

  • (theology) The likeness to or union with a god; deification.
  • *2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 440:
  • *:For him, theosis or deification was the destination for human salvation, whose attainment Adam's sin in Eden had imperilled but not rendered impossible [...].
  • (theology) The process of attaining this state.

    • See also

    * apotheosis

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