Theosis

//θiˈoʊ.sɪs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The likeness to or union with God; deification. uncountable

    "For him, theosis or deification was the destination for human salvation, whose attainment Adam’s sin in Eden had imperilled but not rendered impossible;[…]"

  2. 2
    The process of attaining this state of union with God. Eastern, uncountable

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"For him, theosis or deification was the destination for human salvation, whose attainment Adam’s sin in Eden had imperilled but not rendered impossible;[…]"

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin theōsis, from Koine Greek θέωσις (théōsis).

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