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Apotheosis
Apotheosis Ap`o*the"o*sis (?; 277), n. pl. Apotheoses. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to deify; ? from + ? to deify, ? a god.] 1. The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, ``the gods;' deification. 2. Glorification; exaltation. ``The apotheosis of chivalry.' --Prescott. ``The noisy apotheosis of liberty and machinery.' --F. Harrison.

Meaning of Theosis from wikipedia

- Look up theosis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Theosis may refer to: Divinization (Christian), the transforming effect of divine grace, the spirit...
- Theosis (Ancient Gr****: θέωσις), or deification (deification may also refer to apotheosis, lit. "making divine"), is a transformative process whose aim...
- personifications. In Eastern Orthodox theology, Theosis is the transformation of oneself in union with God. The theosis transformation includes a purification...
- may also refer to apotheosis, lit. "making divine"), or theopoesis or theosis, is the transforming effect of divine grace, the spirit of God, or the...
- mean that human, created energy obtains theosis by itself, ie. without God. Holy Spirit is a doer of theosis, because He gives Christ's grace and Father's...
- Theosis: The True Purpose of Human Life, Glossary Fellow Workers With God: Orthodox Thinking on Theosis (Foundations) by Normal Russell pg Theosis as...
- God called theoria. Theosis is deification obtained through the practice of Hesychasm and theoria is one of its last stages as theosis is catharsis, theoria...
- Christ Theosis (Eastern Christian theology), a transformative process whose aim is likeness to or union with God Divination (disambiguation) Theosis (disambiguation)...
- theosis is "the selfless love of glorification (theosis) dedicated to the common good." — John Romanides Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos: "Theosis-Divinisation...
- who is loving and reaches out to humanity, and offers the possibility of theosis c.q. divinization, becoming the kind of humans God wants humanity to be...