He Has Become Man That He Might Deify Us in Himself
We do not worship a creature. Far be the thought. ... But we worship the Lord of Creation, Incarnate, the Word of God. For if the flesh also is in itself a part of the created world, yet it has become God's body.
For the Flesh did not diminish the glory of the Word; far be the thought: on the contrary, it was gloried by Him. Nor, because the Son that was in the form of God took upon Him the form of a servant was He deprived of His Godhead. On the contrary, He is thus become the Deliverer of all flesh and of all creation. And if God sent His Son brought forth from a woman, the fact causes us no shame but contrariwise glory and great grace. For He has become Man, that He might deify us in Himself, and He has been born of a woman, and begotten of a Virgin, in order to transfer to Himself our erring generation, and that we may become henceforth a holy race, and “partakers of the Divine Nature” (2 Pe 1:4), as blessed Peter wrote.
-St Athanasius, Letter 60, 3-4, To Adelphius; NPNF, 2nd Ser.,Vol.IV, p. 575-576
#Deification #Incarnation #ChurchFathers #PartakersOfDivineNature #Theosis
We do not worship a creature. Far be the thought. ... But we worship the Lord of Creation, Incarnate, the Word of God. For if the flesh also is in itself a part of the created world, yet it has become God's body.
For the Flesh did not diminish the glory of the Word; far be the thought: on the contrary, it was gloried by Him. Nor, because the Son that was in the form of God took upon Him the form of a servant was He deprived of His Godhead. On the contrary, He is thus become the Deliverer of all flesh and of all creation. And if God sent His Son brought forth from a woman, the fact causes us no shame but contrariwise glory and great grace. For He has become Man, that He might deify us in Himself, and He has been born of a woman, and begotten of a Virgin, in order to transfer to Himself our erring generation, and that we may become henceforth a holy race, and “partakers of the Divine Nature” (2 Pe 1:4), as blessed Peter wrote.
-St Athanasius, Letter 60, 3-4, To Adelphius; NPNF, 2nd Ser.,Vol.IV, p. 575-576
#Deification #Incarnation #ChurchFathers #PartakersOfDivineNature #Theosis
☀️ He Has Become Man That He Might Deify Us in Himself
We do not worship a creature. Far be the thought. ... But we worship the Lord of Creation, Incarnate, the Word of God. For if the flesh also is in itself a part of the created world, yet it has become God's body.
For the Flesh did not diminish the glory of the Word; far be the thought: on the contrary, it was gloried by Him. Nor, because the Son that was in the form of God took upon Him the form of a servant was He deprived of His Godhead. On the contrary, He is thus become the Deliverer of all flesh and of all creation. And if God sent His Son brought forth from a woman, the fact causes us no shame but contrariwise glory and great grace. For He has become Man, that He might deify us in Himself, and He has been born of a woman, and begotten of a Virgin, in order to transfer to Himself our erring generation, and that we may become henceforth a holy race, and “partakers of the Divine Nature” (2 Pe 1:4), as blessed Peter wrote.
-St Athanasius, Letter 60, 3-4, To Adelphius; NPNF, 2nd Ser.,Vol.IV, p. 575-576
#Deification #Incarnation #ChurchFathers #PartakersOfDivineNature #Theosis
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