Athanasius on Theosis
Athanasius
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Just as the Lord, putting on the body, became a man, so also we men are both deified through his flesh, and henceforth inherit everlasting life.
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On the Incarnation of the Word, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series 4:54
Philip Schaff and Henry Wace, eds., Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, MA, 1994
