christian authorities
Now the whole offer which Christianity makes is this: that…
— C.S. Lewis
Let us become the image of the one whole God,…
— Maximus the Confessor
He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore…
— C.S. Lewis
A very real “pantheism” if you like (in the etymological…
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
The Redeemer came and the deceiver was overcome.
— Augustine of Hippo
The gifts he gave were that some would be apostles,…
He [Christ] who has exalted man became like God, not…
— Silvanus
If anyone swear by Tash and keep their oath for…
— C.S. Lewis
Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us, and we…
God became man that man might become God.
— Athanasius
And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge…
Do we cast blame on him [God] because we were…
— Irenaeus
If the Word became a man, it was so men…
— Irenaeus
Our Lord Jesus Christ . . . became what we are, so that…
— Irenaeus
from Him there began the union of the divine with the human nature
— Origen
The Word was made flesh in order that we might…
— Athanasius
How, then, shall he become a God, who has not…
— Irenaeus
But he himself that justifies also deifies, for by justifying…
— Augustine of Hippo
Yea, I say, the Word of God became a man…
— Clement of Alexandria
What man is, Christ was willing to be – so…
— Cyprian
Just as when a sunbeam falls on bright and transparent…
— Basil the Great
[T]he Word became flesh and the Son of God became…
— Irenaeus
Christ has no body now but yours
— Teresa of Avila
God the Son of the Father became son of man…
— Maximus the Confessor
Those who have been born of God do not sin,…
For if He had willed to make thee a god,…
— Hippolytus
Men should escape from being men, and hasten to become…
— Origen
Just as the Lord, putting on the body, became a…
— Athanasius
You will be a companion of God, and a co-heir…
— Hippolytus
The man of God is consequently divine and is already…
— Clement of Alexandria
Thou shalt resemble Him . . . having made thee even God to…
— Origen
Heavenly intelligence is a deeper intelligence arising from a love…
— Emanuel Swedenborg
It leads us to the endless and perfect end, teaching…
— Clement of Alexandria