Athanasius on Eternal Progression

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Athanasius

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God became man that man might become God.

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On the Incarnation of the Word, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, page 54.3, Philip Schaff and Henry Wace, eds., Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 1994

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