Questions tagged [theosis]
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Can any person be a Holy Spirit?
Can a Buddhist monk or a yogi be a Holy Spirit?
As far as I understand, they're masters in doing deep breathing and meditation.
For me, there are only a few monks/nuns who have mastered the technique ...
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What is the biblical basis for Theosis?
Theosis (Ancient Greek: θέωσις), or deification (deification may also refer to apotheosis, lit. "making divine"), is a transformative process whose aim is likeness to or union with God, as ...
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How can one overcome the distractions of modern life to attain theosis and become a vessel for spiritual gifts?
Are the notions of theosis and spiritual gifts privileges that only saintly monks immersed in ascetic lifestyles can attain? Is there hope for the ordinary person, amidst the distractions and ...
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Which denominations consider it commendable to pursue a profound mystical union with God?
If an individual earnestly hungers for deep spirituality, including a desire for attaining a profound degree of sanctification and consecration, but also for a profound, mystical, supernatural ...
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Why do so many Christian religions claim The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) are not Christian? [duplicate]
What does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints lack in Christ oriented teachings or doctrine to be considered a Christian church for those who claim otherwise?
Maybe it's not what they lack ...
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How does the LDS view of achieving godhood compare with the early church view of Theosis?
Many church fathers, from Justin Martyr to Tertullian, preached Theosis. For an example, take St. Clement of Alexandria, who says:
"Yea, I say, the Word of God became man, that thou mayest learn ...
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Does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints postulate a multi-verse?
Latter Day Saints will, on the one hand, assent to a multiplicity of Gods with humans being capable of being exalted to the same level of God as God the Father in the Bible. God the Father may have ...
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What is the Ontological Difference between the Catholic and the Orthodox View of God?
The Orthodox YouTuber Jay Dyer has peaked my interest by asserting that the Catholic view of God's essence as absolutely simple is heretical. And that the Catholic view of God's essence in relation to ...
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Do orthodox Christians fast on Monday to exceed the righteousness of the pharisees and scribes?
This question regards Matthew 5:20:
"For I say to you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of ...
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What does Lutheranism teaches in regard the eastern orthodox doctrine of theosis?
In the Eastern Orthodox church, there is this doctrine and practice of one's divination, of "becoming more and more like God".
This practice/doctrine seem to come from the so called 'desert fathers' ...
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Is Mary omniscient (by participation, not by nature)?
I'm mainly interested in an Orthodox or Catholic response. Although any protestant denomination which has a high Mariology is welcome to answer (eg Anglocatholics, high church Lutherans). If your ...
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What is the difference between Eastern Orthodox doctrine of deification and the "little g" god doctrine of the Word of Faith movement?
I noticed that the Word of Faith movement is under a lot of fire for the "little g" god doctrine, but it appears to me that it is almost, if not exactly, the same as the deification/divinization ...
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Is modern Evangelical Protestant soteriology consistent with the early Christian idea of "theosis"?
Early Christians used the term theosis, which puts forth a "exaltation", "divinization" deification concept which the Eastern orthodox church still holds today.
[T]he Word of God became man, that ...
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Can we at some point take on a Divine Nature?
"Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires." -...
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