Clement of Alexandria
Yea, I say, the Word of God became a man so that you might learn from a man how to become a god.
It leads us to the endless and perfect end, teaching us beforehand the future life that we shall lead, according to God, and with gods; after we are freed from all punishment and penalty which we undergo, in consequence of our sins, for salutary discipline.
If one knows himself, he will know God, and knowing God will become like God…. His is beauty, true beauty, for it is God, and that man becomes a god, since God wills it. So Heraclitus was right when he said, “Men are gods, and gods are men.”
The man of God is consequently divine and is already holy. He is God-bearing and God-borne.
