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"Contributors to this volume refute the widely held perception that the doctrine of deification primarily belonged in the Eastern Church, and that the Western Church reduced the rich biblical and Greek patristic understanding of salvation to a narrow view of redemption. To the contrary, these essays provide evidence of the wide-ranging use of deification themes in major Latin patristic sources, showing that deification was a native part of early Latin theology that was consitently and creatively employed"--

Deification (Christianity) --- Christian literature, Early --- Latin authors --- History and criticism. --- 233.122 --- 233.122 Bovennatuurlijke roeping van de mens. Deïficatie --- Bovennatuurlijke roeping van de mens. Deïficatie --- Theosis (Christianity) --- Salvation --- Early Christian literature --- Patristic literature --- Latin authors&delete& --- History and criticism --- Christianity --- Christian literature, Early - Latin authors - History and criticism.

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Christians confess that Christ came to save us from sin and death. But what did he save us for? One beautiful and compelling answer to this question is that God saved us for union with him so that we might become "partakers of the divine nature" (1 Pet 2:4), what the Christian tradition has called "deification." This term refers to a particular vision of salvation which claims that God wants to share his own divine life with us, uniting us to himself and transforming us into his likeness. While often thought to be either a heretical notion or the provenance of Eastern Orthodoxy, this book shows that deification is an integral part of Catholicism, Orthodoxy, and many Protestant denominations. Drawing on the resources of their own Christian heritages, eleven scholars share the riches of their respective traditions on the doctrine of deification. In this book , scholars and pastor-scholars from diverse Christian expressions write for both a scholarly and lay audience about what God created us to be: adopted children of God who are called, even now, to "be filled with all the fullness of God" (Eph. 3:19). --

Deification (Christianity) --- Mystical union

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"This informed and accessible introduction to the Nicene Creed explains how the Creed is anchored in the Bible and shows how it came to be written and confessed in the early history of the Church"--

Nicene Creed.