theosis
May grace and peace be yours in abundance in the…
The Lord created you and me for the purpose of…
— Brigham Young
Now the whole offer which Christianity makes is this: that…
— C.S. Lewis
So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you,…
Let us become the image of the one whole God,…
— Maximus the Confessor
But you are not in the flesh; you are in…
Freeman Dyson has famously written that the idea of sufficiently…
When our wagon gets stuck in the mud, God is…
— Dieter F. Uchtdorf
And God said, Let us make man in our image,…
Now those men, or those women, who know no more…
— Brigham Young
And after that he came men also were saved by…
I ask not only on behalf of these, but also…
To everyone who conquers and continues to do my works…
And thus, notwithstanding there being many churches they were all…
See what love the Father has given us, that we…
For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,…
We know that those who are born of God do…
You may now be inclined to say, “O, this is…
— Brigham Young
But verily, verily, I say unto you, that as many…
A very real “pantheism” if you like (in the etymological…
— Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created
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
Mormonism, to me, is but another name for God’s truth,…
— Orson Pratt
Our Father in heaven has now provided us mighty towers—radio…
— Spencer W. Kimball
Playing God” is actually the highest expression of human nature.
— Ramez Naam
As concerning the resurrection, I will merely say that all…
— Joseph Smith
To the one who conquers I will give a place…
It is reasonable to believe, in the absence of direct…
— James E. Talmage
Moreover, we had human parents to discipline us, and we…
God became man that man might become God.
— Athanasius
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all…
for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God…
And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge…
Godliness cannot be conferred but must be acquired, a fact…
— Lorenzo Snow
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been…
One thing is certain, authority alone is not sufficient to…
— E. L. T. Harrison
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the…
And it came to pass when Jesus had said these…
And none were received unto baptism save they took upon…
And now, my dearly beloved brethren and sisters, let me…
On that day you will know that I am in…
God is an exalted man . . . our Father in Heaven at…
— Joseph Fielding Smith
[The sons of perdition] will be decomposed, both soul and…
— Brigham Young
He [God] . . . was once a man in mortal flesh as…
— Brigham Young
Do we cast blame on him [God] because we were…
— Irenaeus
O how great the goodness of our God, who prepareth…
Whoever sheds the blood of a human, by a human…
And again, verily I say unto you, if a man…