Maximus the Confessor on Theosis

Maximus the Confessor

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God the Son of the Father became son of man and man Himself for this reason, to make men gods and sons of God.

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Maximus Confessor: Selected Writings, page 67, Maximus the Confessor, Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1985

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