Deification Of Man

Author : Norman Russell
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191532719

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The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition by Norman Russell Pdf

Deification in the Greek patristic tradition was the fulfilment of the destiny for which humanity was created - not merely salvation from sin but entry into the fullness of the divine life of the Trinity. This book, the first on the subject for over sixty years, traces the history of deification from its birth as a second-century metaphor with biblical roots to its maturity as a doctrine central to the spiritual life of the Byzantine Church. Drawing attention to the richness and diversity of the patristic approaches from Irenaeus to Maximus the Confessor, Norman Russell offers a full discussion of the background and context of the doctrine, at the same time highlighting its distinctively Christian character.

Author : Geōrgios I. Mantzaridēs
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Deification (Christianity)
ISBN : 0881410276

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The Deification of Man by Geōrgios I. Mantzaridēs Pdf

The theological and anthropological basis for the doctrine of deification as expounded by St Gregory Palamas (1296-1359).

Author : Panayiotis Nellas
Publisher : St Vladimirs Seminary Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0881410306

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Deification in Christ by Panayiotis Nellas Pdf

An excellent introduction to patristic anthropology. Cites a number of patristic passages at length, providing helpful references and notes.

Author : Emil Bartos
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597527927

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Deification in Eastern Orthodox Theology by Emil Bartos Pdf

In recent years, Eastern Orthodox thought has had an increasing influence on key aspects of contemporary Western Christian thought, particularly as regards the doctrine of the Trinity and mystical spirituality. However, the foundations and fundamental presuppositions of Eastern Christianity's theological system have remained largely unstudied -- and thus unknown -- in the West. In this important study, Emil Bartos examines the doctrine of deification which provides the conceptual basis for the way Staniloae and other Orthodox theologians understand the major doctrines of the Christian faith. The idea that God became man that man might become God sounds almost heretical to many Western ears, yet this affirmation is repeated countless times in the writings of the Eastern Fathers. Beginning with the apophaticism that lies at the heart of Eastern theology, Bartos examines each of the key doctrines of anthropology, christology, soteriology and ecclesiology as they relate to deification in Staniloae's thought. Bartos' study represents not merely a contribution to contemporary dialogue between Eastern and Western theologians, but also a much needed introduction to an aspect of Christian thought down the centuries that is largely neglected in the Christian West.

Author : Georgios I. Mantzaridis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0188141022

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The deification of man by Georgios I. Mantzaridis Pdf

Author : Jared Ortiz
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781978707276

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With All the Fullness of God by Jared Ortiz Pdf

Christians confess that Christ came to save us from sin and death. But what did he save us for? One beautiful and compelling answer to this question is that God saved us for union with him so that we might become “partakers of the divine nature” (1 Pet 2:4), what the Christian tradition has called “deification.” This term refers to a particular vision of salvation which claims that God wants to share his own divine life with us, uniting us to himself and transforming us into his likeness. While often thought to be either a heretical notion or the provenance of Eastern Orthodoxy, this book shows that deification is an integral part of Catholicism, Orthodoxy, and many Protestant denominations. Drawing on the resources of their own Christian heritages, eleven scholars share the riches of their respective traditions on the doctrine of deification. In this book , scholars and pastor-scholars from diverse Christian expressions write for both a scholarly and lay audience about what God created us to be: adopted children of God who are called, even now, to “be filled with all the fullness of God” (Eph. 3:19).

Author : Jared Ortiz
Publisher : Studies in Early Christianity
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780813231426

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Deification in the Latin Patristic Tradition by Jared Ortiz Pdf

"Contributors to this volume refute the widely held perception that the doctrine of deification primarily belonged in the Eastern Church, and that the Western Church reduced the rich biblical and Greek patristic understanding of salvation to a narrow view of redemption. To the contrary, these essays provide evidence of the wide-ranging use of deification themes in major Latin patristic sources, showing that deification was a native part of early Latin theology that was consitently and creatively employed"--

Author : Stephen Finlan,Vladimir Kharlamov
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-02-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780227903544

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Theosis by Stephen Finlan,Vladimir Kharlamov Pdf

'Deification' refers to the transformation of believers into the likeness of God. Of course, Christian monotheism goes against any literal 'god making' of believers. Rather, the NT speaks of a transformation of mind, a metamorphosis of character, a redefinition of selfhood, and an imitation of God. Most of these passages are tantalizingly brief, and none spells out the concept in detail.

Author : John Arblaster,Rob Faesen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351189095

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Mystical Doctrines of Deification by John Arblaster,Rob Faesen Pdf

The notion of the deification of the human person (theosis, theopoièsis, deificatio) was one of the most fundamental themes of Christian theology in its first centuries, especially in the Greek world. It is often assumed that this theme was exclusively developed in Eastern theology after the patristic period, and thus its presence in the theology of the Latin West is generally overlooked. The aim of this collection is to explore some Patristic articulations of the doctrine in both the East and West, but also to highlight its enduring presence in the Western tradition and its relevance for contemporary thought. The collection thus brings together a number of capita selecta that focus on the development of theosis through the ages until the Early Modern Period. It is unique, not only in emphasising the role of theosis in the West, but also in bringing to the fore a number of little-known authors and texts, and analysing their theology from a variety of fresh perspectives. Thus, mystical theology in the West is shown to have profound connections with similar concerns in the East and with the common patristic sources. By tying these traditions together, this volume brings new insight to one of mysticism’s key concerns. As such, it will be of significant interest to scholars of religious studies, mysticism, theology and the history of religion.

Author : David Vincent Meconi,Carl Olson
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781681497037

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Called to Be the Children of God by David Vincent Meconi,Carl Olson Pdf

This book gathers fourteen Catholic scholars to present, examine, and explain the often misunderstood process of ""deification"". The fifteen chapters show what becoming God meant for the early Church, for St. Thomas Aquinas and the greatest Dominicans, and for St. Francis and the early Franciscans. This book explains how this understanding of salvation played out during the Protestant Reformation and the Council of Trent. It explores the thought of the French School of Spirituality, various Thomists, John Henry Newman, John Paul II, and the Vatican Councils, and it shows where such thinking can be found today in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. No other book has gathered such an array of scholars or provided such a deep study into how humanity's divinized life in Christ has received many rich and various perspectives over the past two thousand years. This book seeks to bring readers into the central mystery of Christianity by allowing the Church's greatest thinkers and texts to speak for themselves, demonstrating how becoming Christ-like and the Body of Christ on earth, is the only ultimate purpose of the Christian faith.

Author : Marcelle Bartolo-Abela
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0615809464

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Deification of Man in Christianity by Marcelle Bartolo-Abela Pdf

Deification is the transformation of man into god through the grace of God. Predominant in the theology of Eastern Christianity, but marginalized and obscured in contemporary interpretations of the theology of Western Christianity, Bartolo-Abela explores how it is deification, not just salvation, that was and remains the intent of God for mankind, with deification occurring not solely in patria, but in via and in patria. This is an understanding of deification which has been largely lost and needs to be recovered in the Western Church. Examining the works of the Church Fathers on both sides of the East-West divide in Christianity, Bartolo-Abela shows that rather than being restricted to the East, deification featured consistently in many theological works popular in the West, with the most prominent being those of Aquinas, Augustine, Hilary of Poitiers, Irenaeus and Jerome. Bartolo-Abela argues that it was deification, not just salvation as commonly understood, that was also inherently referred to by Paul VI in the universal call to holiness found in Lumen Gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church. Deification is the process of man becoming god and attaining theoria, seeing God, after purification of the heart and illumination of the heart of the soul have ensued through baptism in the Holy Spirit, as understood throughout tradition. Deification from this life, not solely the next, is the desire of God for mankind in accord with the words of Christ and Peter, "I said you are gods" (Jn 10:34) and "partakers of the divine nature" (2 P 1:4).

Author : Mark Edwards,Elena Ene D-Vasilescu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315439587

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Visions of God and Ideas on Deification in Patristic Thought by Mark Edwards,Elena Ene D-Vasilescu Pdf

This volume illustrates the complexity and variety of early Christian thought on the subject of the image of God as a theological concept, and the difficulties that arise even in the interpretation of particular authors who gave a cardinal place to the image of God in their expositions of Christian doctrine. The first part illustrates both the presence and the absence of the image of God in the earliest Christian literature; the second examines various studies in deification, both implicit and explicit; the third explores the relation between iconography and the theological notion of the image

Author : David Vincent Meconi
Publisher : Catholic University of America Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780813221274

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The One Christ by David Vincent Meconi Pdf

By treating Augustine's passages on deification both chronologically and constructively, Meconi situates Augustine in a long chorus of Christian pastors and theologians who understand the essence of Christianity as the human person's total and transformative union with God.

Author : St John Damascene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1631741039

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An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith by St John Damascene Pdf

Author : Nicolas Laos
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498233866

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Methexiology by Nicolas Laos Pdf

Methexiology is not a particular theory, but rather a general philosophical orientation. Therefore, in Methexiology: Philosophical Theology and Theological Philosophy for the Deification of Humanity, Nicolas Laos elucidates the significance of methexiology for the study of ontology, epistemology, ethics, philosophical psychology, theory of justice, philosophy of history, and philosophy of religion. Laos argues that, faced with the modern and the postmodern crises of meaning, we need a new myth, a new spiritual formula, for the resacralization of humanity and the cosmos, without restoring defunct totems, without using tales as "cheap" substitutes for the lack of a life-giving myth, and without negating history. In his Methexiology, Laos studies the "genealogy" of the modern and the postmodern crises of meaning, and, based on his new interpretation of classical Greek philosophy and Hesychasm, proposes methexiology as a way of overcoming the crises of meaning and as a way of resacralizing humanity and the cosmos through a new metaphysically grounded humanism.