- Look up
theosis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Theosis may
refer to:
Divinization (Christian), the
transforming effect of
divine grace, the spirit...
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Theosis (Ancient Gr****: θέωσις), or
deification (deification may also
refer to apotheosis, lit. "making divine"), is a
transformative process whose aim...
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Eastern theology likes to
describe with the
particularly powerful term
theosis, 'divinization'", and
likened the
meditative quality of the
Jesus Prayer...
- personifications. In
Eastern Orthodox theology,
Theosis is the
transformation of
oneself in
union with God. The
theosis transformation includes a purification...
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theosis is "the
selfless love of
glorification (
theosis)
dedicated to the
common good." — John
Romanides Metropolitan Hierotheos Vlachos: "
Theosis-Divinisation...
- 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...
- 13:11–12). It is
related to the
Catholic and
Eastern Orthodox belief in
theosis, the
Wesleyan notion of
Christian perfection, and is seen in most church...
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accomplished after a
lifetime of
striving to do God's will (
theosis or divinization).
Theosis is a
transformative process whose aim is
likeness to or union...
- 1903–1958) was a
Russian Orthodox theologian exiled in Paris. He
emphasized theosis as the main
principle of
Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
Vladimir Nikolaievich...
- 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...
