THE DEIFICATION CONCEPT IN EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH, AND ALSO IN PHILOCALICAL CONTEXT Cover Image

CONCEPTUL DE ÎNDUMNEZEIRE ÎN RĂSĂRITUL CREȘTIN ȘI IMPLICIT, ÎN CONTEXTUL FILOCALIC
THE DEIFICATION CONCEPT IN EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH, AND ALSO IN PHILOCALICAL CONTEXT

Author(s): Nectarie Arvai
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology, Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Mitropolia Banatului
Keywords: sanctification; asceticism; deification; grace

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of man is to get from what God sown in him to likeness with God, a process called sanctification or deification. This is accomplished through asceticism which reveals man’s free will to be like God, as well as God’s gift that is through the work of the grace of the Holy Spirit. In this process there are certain stages that man goes through according to his uniqueness.

  • Issue Year: XXIX/2018
  • Issue No: 04-06
  • Page Range: 102-109
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian