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Status Quaestionis: Language and Grammar Status Quaestionis: Language and Grammar
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The Latin Fathers’ Use of Deification Terms The Latin Fathers’ Use of Deification Terms
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A Test Case A Test Case
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The Grammar of Deification in the Latin Fathers The Grammar of Deification in the Latin Fathers
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Participation in God Participation in God
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Restoring the Image, Attaining the Likeness Restoring the Image, Attaining the Likeness
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Union with God Union with God
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Divine Adoption, Divine Sonship, Rebirth Divine Adoption, Divine Sonship, Rebirth
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The Exchange Formula The Exchange Formula
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Divine Indwelling, Recreation, Sanctification, and (Eschatological) Transformation Divine Indwelling, Recreation, Sanctification, and (Eschatological) Transformation
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Augustine’s Theology of Deification Augustine’s Theology of Deification
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Works Cited Works Cited
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10 The Latin Fathers and Augustine
Get accessJared Ortiz, Professor of Religion at Hope College, Holland, Michigan
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Published:20 June 2024
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Abstract
This chapter discusses the contribution of the Latin Fathers to the theology of deification. The Latin Fathers did hold a theology of deification, something well known in the past and recovered again in recent scholarship. By examining the use of deific- terms through the early eighth century, integrating a range of Latin authors, and drawing on the rich liturgical literature, this chapter will demonstrate a kind of “grammar of deification” in the early Latin tradition. Special attention is given to participation in God, restoring the image, attaining the likeness, union with God, divine adoption or rebirth, the exchange formula, divine indwelling, and eschatological transformation, by considering the works of authors such as Tertullian, Cyprian, Ambrose, Jerome, and Leo the Great. However, most attention is given to St. Augustine, whose contribution to the theology of deification is considered within the context of his overall theology.
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