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Theosis

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"Divination" is attempting to divine something; "divinization" is being made divine (and a frequent translation for "theosis")
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'''Theosis''' is ("deification," "''Deification''divinization" — by the Energies of the divine Nature. It ) is the process of a worshiper becoming free of ''hamártía'' (“unholiness”"missing the mark"), being united with God, beginning in this life and later consummated in bodily [[resurrection]]. For Orthodox Christians, Théōsis (see 2 Pet. 1:4) is salvation. Théōsis assumes that humans from the beginning are made to share in the Life or Nature of the all-[[holy]] [[Trinity]]. Therefore, an infant or an adult worshiper is saved from the state of unholiness (''hamartía'' — which is not to be confused with ''hamártēma'' “sin”) for participation in the Life (''zōé'', not simply ''bíos'') of the Trinity — which is everlasting.
This is not to be confused with the heretical (apothéōsis) - "''Deification in God’s Essence''", which is imparticipable.
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