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2. Theosis (Eastern Christian theology) - Wikipedia

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   Theosis (Ancient Greek: θέωσις), or deification (deification may also refer to apotheosis, lit. "making divine"), is a transformative process whose aim is likeness to or union with God, as taught by the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Eastern Orthodox Church; the same concept is also found in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church ...

3. Divinization (Christian) - Wikipedia

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   Mannermaa argues in his book, Christ Present in Faith, that the real exchange between Christ and sinful humanity, a theme prevalent in Luther's writing, is synonymous with Eastern views of theosis. It is in this real exchange which Mannermaa says "the union between Christ and the believer makes the latter a ‘completely divine [person] [ sic ]."

4. J. Todd Billings - Wikipedia

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   J. Todd Billings (born 9 June 1973) is the Gordon H. Girod Research Professor of Reformed Theology at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan. [1] [2] Billings has lectured in Europe, South Africa, and the United States, and has published in a variety of journals, including Modern Theology, Harvard Theological Review, Missiology, and International Journal of Systematic Theology, as ...

5. Michael S. Heiser - Wikipedia

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   Heiser was born on February 14, 1963, [2] [independent source needed] and raised in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.He was one of seven children. [3] [independent source needed]He received an MA in Ancient History from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MA and PhD in the Hebrew Bible and Semitic Languages from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (with a minor in Classical studies).

6. Christology: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Study of ...

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   Christology: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Study of Jesus is a 2009 theological book by the Australian Jesuit priest and academic Gerald O'Collins.This work was originally published in 1995 with the title Christology: A Biblical, Historical, and Systematic Study of Jesus Christ, but the author thoroughly revised the whole text in 2009 to take account of the numerous biblical ...

7. Nepsis - Wikipedia

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   At this point, the contemplative life begins. All ascetic practice must be understood as simply the means by which the goal of Christian life is pursued. This is the acquisition of the Holy Spirit, which is called theosis, meaning the "deification" of man.

8. Mystical theology - Wikipedia

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   Mystical theology is the branch of theology in the Christian tradition that deals with divine encounter [1] and the self-communication of God with the faithful; [2] such as to explain mystical practices and states, as induced by contemplative practices such as contemplative prayer, called theoria from the Greek for contemplation.

9. Triads (Gregory Palamas) - Wikipedia

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   Book extract Nonviolent Atonement and the Victory of Christ by Brad Jersak, 2007; Eastern Orthodoxy and Theosis; Theosis_in_the_Christian_West Orthodoxwiki article; Theiosis; Some themes in Christian Mysticism; Deification – online issue of Affirmation & Critique devoted entirely to the topic of theosis