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Orthodox Terminology


DEIFICATION PDF Print E-mail
DEIFICATION - The grace of God through which believers grow to become like Him and enjoy intimate communion with the Father through the Son in the Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 3:18; 5:17; 2 Pet. 1:2-4).
 

The Sayings of the Fathers


Abba Doulas, the disciple of Abba Bessarion said, 'One day when we were walking beside the sea I was thirsty and I said to Abba Bessarion, "Father, I am very thirsty." He said a prayer and said to me, "Drink some of the sea water." The water proved sweet when I drank some. I even poured some into a leather bottle for fear of being thirsty later on. Seeing this, the old man asked me why I was taking some. I said to him, "Forgive me, it is for fear of being thirsty later on." Then the old man said, "God is here, God is everywhere." '

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