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Theosis according to the teachings of archimandrite Cyprian (Kern)

Studia Humanitatis, 2015
The article deals with the interpretation of theosis in the legacy of the famous divine Archimandrite Cyprian (Kern) not as an abstract idea but as concrete reality.
Bulyko John
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Jesus as Substitute

St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023
This article explores the complex notion of Jesus as substitute in Christian theology, situating this topic within the doctrine of the atonement in general.
Adam Johnson
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The Paradox of Publishing a Good Book

Religious Studies Review, Volume 51, Issue 3, Page 623-626, September 2025.
Margaret D. Kamitsuka
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The Doctrine of the Trinity: Intellectual Construct or Ontological Reality? Reflections from the Philosophy of Science

International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 26, Issue 1, Page 70-90, January 2024.
Abstract This article draws on the distinction between instrumentalism and realism in the philosophy of science to consider the merits of two possible approaches to the doctrine of the Trinity. One considers this doctrine to be an intellectual construct, which coordinates multiple insights about the nature and action of God; the other considers it to ...
Alister E. McGrath
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Holy Desire or Wholly Hubris? Deification in the Theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar

Religions
The theology of deification in the Christian tradition is fraught with misconceptions. Although it embodies the core teaching of the faith, it is not only a neglected theme of theology, but often critiqued as a Promethean distortion of the gospel and/or ...
Sigurd Lefsrud
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The “God-Man Living”: Deification in Practical Theology

Religions
The doctrine of deification (or theosis) has seen renewed interest in recent decades within lines of inquiry that extend beyond its traditional association with the Eastern Orthodox tradition. The ascendancy of Tuomo Mannermaa’s Finnish interpretation of
Michael M. C. Reardon, Brian Siu Kit Chiu   +1 more
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From the Androgyne to the Deified Human: Plato’s Erotic Anthropology and its Patristic Transformations

Conatus - Journal of Philosophy
This paper traces the conceptual lineage from Plato’s erotic anthropology to the Christian doctrine of theosis, arguing that the Platonic quest for divine likeness (homoíōsis theōi) reconfigures sexual difference and human nature within a metaphysical ...
Alexis Deodato S. Itao
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The Limits of Platonism: Gregory of Nazianzus and the Invention of theōsis

Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, 2012
Gregory’s idea of theōsis, which came to be influential in Eastern Christianity, draws not on a Platonic notion of imitation of God but more on the Stoics’ ‘familiarity’ with the divine.
Boris Maslov
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Representation and Interpretation as the Basis of Participation in the Trinity

Religions, 2015
I suggest that God’s life is the Spirit’s eternal interpretation of the Word as the perfect sign (representation) of the Father. Creaturely interpretations imperfectly mirror the perfect coherence of being and representation that is God’s life.
Andrew Robinson
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On Martyrdom, Suicide, and Christian Bioethics. [PDF]

Linacre Q, 2021
Schimmoeller EM.
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