Name: Theosis: The True Purpose of Human Life
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This book, written by a renowned spiritual writer and abbot of Gregoriou Monastery, Mount Athos, concerns the most important question faced by every human being, namely, for what purpose were we created? Drawing from the Holy Scriptures and the writings of the Church Fathers, Elder George shows that we were made in God’s image in order to reach even higher and attain to His likeness, to attain to personal union with Him. Our Creator, Who is God by nature, calls us to become gods by Grace, united with Him in love. This is the meaning of theosis. Although man cut off the path to theosis at the Fall, Christ—Who is the Way, the Truth and the Life—reopened it through His incarnation, death and resurrection. In the famous words of St. Athanasius the Great, “God became man so that man could become god.”

Softcover 70pp

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Great introduction to theosis

I found this very interesting and thought provoking
I am not orthodox and only approaching Christianity
But the mystical side of the Orthodox Church
Draws me to it
The teaching of theosis
And the aecstecism of the church inspires me
As i have always been Hindu

But i thought the book was good

I relizeed from reading this there were two paths to enlightenment

A demonic one one of god

I Hinduism there’s self relized soul
That can be demons
Or saintly people who are god worshippers
That attain enlightenment

But it was a good book

I really would like a more detailed book about the practice of attaining theosis
That discusses more of the actual process and practices

Theosis: The True Purpose of Human Life

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