Athanasius on Theosis

Athanasius

Athanasius

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The Word was made flesh in order that we might be enabled to be made gods.

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On the Incarnation of the Word, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, page 39, Philip Schaff and Henry Wace, eds., Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1994

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