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The doctrine of deification in the Orthodox theology

open access: yesStudia Humanitatis, 2015
The teaching of the salvation is the most important part of the Christian theology. The sotereology can answer the question about the sense of life of the Christian, the final destiny, and the means of reaching this aim. The theosis is synergy.
Bulyko John
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Maximus the Confessor and a Deeper Actualization of the Apostolic Dimensions of Pentecostal Movements

open access: yes, 2014
Excerpt: ...I propose to explore one expression of this more ancient and eastern tradition, as found in the cosmic vision of Maximus the Confessor. After a brief sketch of his life and times and his relationship to the larger orthodox tradition I will ...
Overman, Steve
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New Creation in the Christian Scriptures and Tradition

open access: yesSt Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology
This entry analyses biblical and subsequent Christian approaches to new creation, under the rubrics ‘the good’, ‘the new’, and ‘the beautiful’. The introduction sketches points of debate: ‘new creation’ as realized or eschatological, renewed or utterly ...
Edith M. Humphrey
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Herman Bavinck’s Rejection of Theosis

open access: yesJournal of Reformed Theology
Abstract Recent attention has turned to Herman Bavinck’s discussion of theosis, with some arguing that he supported such a theology. I will challenge this, arguing instead that he misunderstood the nature of deification and rejected it on false grounds. Bavinck’s objections to theosis will be addressed to show how a Reformed doctrine of theosis can
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