deification

Mandela said a week ago when he addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations, that we must fight against and defeat what he described as the deification of arms, the seemingly entrenched view that to kill another person is a natural way of advancing one's cause or an obviously correct manner by which to resolve disputes.

Statement by Deputy President Mbeki at the African Renaissance Conference 1998

Mandela said a week ago when he addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations, that we must fight against and defeat what he described as the deification of arms, the seemingly entrenched view that to kill another person is a natural way of advancing one's cause or an obviously correct manner by which to resolve disputes.

ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

I'm convinced that the doctrine of theosis/deification is a necessary and invaluable point of ecumenical discussion and consideration, and the more that Catholics learn about it, the better.

Pentecost in the East 2009

I'm convinced that the doctrine of theosis/deification is a necessary and invaluable point of ecumenical discussion and consideration, and the more that Catholics learn about it, the better.

Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

I'm convinced that the doctrine of theosis/deification is a necessary and invaluable point of ecumenical discussion and consideration, and the more that Catholics learn about it, the better.

Ecumenism 2009

For orthodox Christianity there is not an identity between the spark and God. union of the human spirit with God takes place -- union so complete that the word deification is applied to it; but it is not the union of identical substances.

The Perennial Philosophy 2008

John O'Keeffe's Omai, or A Trip round the World, which gave currency to the idea of Cook's deification, is another crucial model.

Notes, "Savage Boundaries", Obi 2002

For when we speak about the flesh, we use the terms deification and assumption of the Word and exceeding exaltation and anointing.

NPNF2-09. Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus 1898

Entheogens (whose name means in Greek "deification from within") are substances scientifically classified as psychotropic herbs.

RIA Novosti 2010

Finally, there is also the fact that this language of divine sonship—or theosis, also known as deification—is found through the entire Catechism.

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