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 '''''Theosis''''', meaning is '''''deificationDivinization''''' or '''''divinization'— by the Energies of the divine Nature. (This is not to be confused with the heretical (apothéōsis) - ''Deification in God’s Essence'', which is imparticipable.) It is the process of man a worship­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­er becoming [[holy]] and free of hamártía (“unholiness”), being united with God, beginning in this life and later consummated in the bodily [[resurrection]]. ''Theosis'' For Orthodox Christians, Théōsis (see 2 Pet. 1:4) is the understanding salvation. Théōsis assumes that humans from the beginning are made to share in the life Life or Nature­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ of the all-[[holy]] [[Trinity]]. Therefore, we are an infant or an adult worshiper is saved '''from''' sin '''the state of unholiness (hamartía — which is not to be confused with hamártēma “sin”) for''' participation in the life Life (zōé, not simply bíos) of the Trinity, which is life-giving and therefore eternaleverlasting.
''Alternative spellings: Theiosis, Theopoiesis''
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