# Augustine on Theosis — But he himself that justifies also deifies, for by justifying…

> But he himself that justifies also deifies, for by justifying…

— Augustine of Hippo


But he himself that justifies also deifies, for by justifying he makes sons of God. “For he has given them power to become the sons of God.” If then we have been made sons of God, we have also been made gods.

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