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Augustine on Theosis

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Augustine of Hippo

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But he himself that justifies also deifies, for by justifying he makes sons of God. “For he has given them power to become the sons of God.” If then we have been made sons of God, we have also been made gods.

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Enarrationes in Psalmos 50:2, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. VIII 178-180
Philip Schaff (editor), Hendrickson Publishers, Peabody, MA, 1994

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