theosis
θέωσις
Deification; being made god.
Technical Meaning
The Eastern doctrine of salvation as deification: by grace the redeemed participate in the divine life (2 Peter 1:4) and become by grace what Christ is by nature, without ceasing to be creatures.
More Greek Terms
- apophatic — By denial or negation.
- cataphatic — By affirmation.
- homoousios — Of the same essence or substance.
- hypostasis — That which stands under; a subsistence.
- kenosis — An emptying.
- oikonomia — Household management; the stewardship of a house.
- ousia — Being; essence; substance.
- perichoresis — A going around together; mutual indwelling.
- theologia — Speech about God; discourse concerning divine things.