theosis

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Christian theological doctrine Eastern Orthodox doctrine soteriological doctrine

Theosis is the Eastern Orthodox Christian doctrine of human participation in the divine life, in which believers are transformed by God’s grace to become “partakers of the divine nature” while remaining distinct from God in essence.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
theosis canonical	2
theosis (Latin: deificatio)	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian theological doctrine ⓘ Eastern Orthodox doctrine ⓘ soteriological doctrine ⓘ
affirms	Creator–creature distinction ⓘ
articulatedBy	Athanasius of Alexandria ⓘ St. Gregory Palamas ⓘ surface form: Gregory Palamas Gregory of Nazianzus ⓘ Gregory of Nyssa ⓘ St. Maximus the Confessor ⓘ surface form: Maximus the Confessor
associatedWithDoctrine	essence–energies distinction ⓘ
basedOnScripture	2 Peter 1:4 ⓘ
centralTo	Eastern Christian theology ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
describedAs	participation in the divine life ⓘ participation in the divine nature ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	identity with the divine essence ⓘ
eschatologicalAspect	consummation in the age to come ⓘ
etymologyLanguage	Greek ⓘ
etymologyMeaning	making divine ⓘ
famousFormula	God became man so that man might become god ⓘ
goalOf	Christian life in Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	deification ⓘ divinization ⓘ theopoiesis ⓘ theopoiesis (Greek: θέωσις) ⓘ
importantIn	Eastern Catholic theology ⓘ Oriental Orthodox theology ⓘ
involves	acquisition of the Holy Spirit ⓘ growth in holiness ⓘ human participation in God by grace ⓘ likeness to God ⓘ participation in uncreated energies of God ⓘ sanctification ⓘ transformation of the human person ⓘ union with God ⓘ
liturgicalContext	Byzantine liturgy and hymnography ⓘ
mediatedBy	God the Holy Spirit ⓘ surface form: Holy Spirit incarnation of Jesus Christ ⓘ
presentAspect	begins in this life ⓘ
relatedConcept	glorification ⓘ mystical union ⓘ sanctification ⓘ theosis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: theosis (Latin: deificatio)
requires	God’s grace ⓘ ascetic struggle ⓘ faith in Christ ⓘ human free cooperation ⓘ participation in the sacraments ⓘ prayer ⓘ repentance ⓘ
teaches	humans remain distinct from God in essence ⓘ
understoodAs	healing of human nature ⓘ restoration of the image and likeness of God ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St. Gregory Palamas → theologicalConcept → theosis ⓘ

subject surface form: Gregory Palamas

Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts → mainSubject → theosis ⓘ

theosis → relatedConcept → theosis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: theosis (Latin: deificatio)