What is Theosis? | Greek Orthodoxy 101 

Excellent explaining. I feel Greek Orthodoxy has the right answers about how we are to relate to God.

I really feel like Theosis is roughly the same concept as sanctification. It's just that deification of the flesh, soul, and spirit is the *process* or *mechanism* by which sanctification happens. 2 Peter 1:4 "Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires."

Thank you Father for making it especially clear to many Protestants who totally are mislead with the whole dogma of essence and energy. Saint Gregory of Palmas also gives a great understanding of essence/energy along with another issue which those who are not Orthodox and that is Heasychast.

Thank you for the enlightenment.

I finally found a word for what has been happening to me. The protestants around me didnt understand. Now they seem to be opening their mind, because they can't explain why such strange insights enter into my mind about them and their lives. They even started to suspect I was a sorcerer. I thought I was just following the teachings of Christ.

Succinct and excellent introduction to the basic concept of Theosis. Nice to find these presentations, thank you.

Thanks for this course.

Thank u so much for that clarification, I wish I have the opportunity to learn more from ur institution

Thanks for this post

Thank you for the helpful post. One question, please. What is meant by the term “Theon geneste”, attributed, I believe to St. Athanathius? Thanks again.

I love how the Greeks spent centuries trying to figure out how to become gods and then St. Paul came around like "lemme show ya how to do that!" Greek logic combined with God's truth has created something amazing here. It's a shame that India never came around in the same way, India is like a parallel civilization to Greece and also discovered how the cosmos worked, but they stayed pagan. An Orthodox India would be the most cosmically-awakened civilization on earth.

So whats the difference between theosis and sanctification? Protestants would say sanctification is the holy spirit conforming and making one more in the likeness of the Son?

I find it interesting that there is a new interest in Orthodox Christianity in the west. What I've gathered is it has maintained the traditional lineage of Christianity. Theosis seems to be a ground for living as a Christian in the world that was not present for me growing up in the Pentecostal denomination. My reading of Seraphim Rose's book on nihilism has pushed me further in this direction. However I live on a little island on the west coast of Canada and wonder if there is any church here let alone orthodox near by.

Similar to many Protestants ..speaking truth from the wrong scriptures . None of those scriptures quoted meant that in their original context but that doesn't mean it is not taught elsewhere.

Those to whom the word of God came? Ive been waiting many years for anyone who could understand what it means to know "the beginning of the response of God," i hope im spelling this right, but Solomon wrote ענה and LXX translates this "the beginning of the response." One day i asked God what was the quickening in the gospel of John. I had been following the way of life: the quickening of the heart is salvation through forgiveness because God still loves us in spite of our sin. Thats our first stepp into the outer court. He makes the sacrifice of putting us before even his own son to open the way for us μαρκ מערה (maybe i spelled it wrong, but its there in the passage on the way of life)--we are "established" in his kingdom? And μετ'θεου מאת is the Father with me. את = AΨ. I have accepted the will of the Father as my will. So that i can say, "i am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus." I was so excited that day, for my soul was healed and quickened, enabling me to live more righteously. And then the quickening of the mind--לוק, the latter part? I was following the pathway from grace to grace--making my way toward the mercy seat. Because of the one thing God wants of us. "Seek my face." And he drew me with cords of love. Jesus is the face of God. He is seated, now, on the mercy seat as in the πρωτον psalm. And he draws the ελεκτον

What does it mean commune with God.?

Wasn't He referencing His authority to judge the fallen angels???

Theosis can only be explained by someone who has achieved it, it isn’t academic. You can’t explain it academically. Read writings of St Joseph the Hesychast, St Paisios, St Porphyrios, the Elder Ephraim, etc.

Ooof. I like the idea of theosis but that's a bad set of passages to go to. I'd suggest checking out Heiser on that.

How is theosis different from the continual process of sanctification? I’m speaking from a Protestant perspective.

that’s interesting. I interpret the words in Psalm 82 and John 10 as referring to the divine counsel. Michael Heiser has done quite a bit of work in this area.

we are born from adam and we must reborn with christ

I hear other orthodox scholars saying the opposite. What youre saying is no different than protestant religions.

So, similar to sanctification? Man's will is not "free" it is a fallen nature, stained by sin.

Christian life without Theosis is arbitrary. If you place an iron rod in a furnace, it does not become the fire, rather, it takes on properties of the fire. We are to become by grace, What He is by nature. Does it not say in Scripture, We are to be partakers of the Divine nature.. We are not just saved from Something We are saved for Someone! ☦️🙏

I always felt my divine nature from an early age. That as children of GOD, our path was to God hood. Not as GOD but as God's to rule by GODS side. It seems that much is lost in translation. The ambiguity of certain words and thier definitions, confuse many if us. Often, it seems we are speaking of the same thing but with different words/perspectives.

Me First time I fall upon the term "theosis" :" whaaat? Where did all humility talk go? Damm I got clickbaited by a heretical site." Its the craziest thing I have red about orthodoxy

so it's basically that we have to become christ like, more like christ.

Theosis is divinization-of gods in God.

He sounds like Ray Romano, is it just me?

What is Greek Orthodoxy? Isnt the Orthodox Christian faith just Orthodoxy?

That particular Psalm is referring to the fallen angels. Your interpretation is wrong

Psalm 82... if you keep reading.. is certainly NOT referring to a human. I wonder if the GO church takes a Sethite view of Gen 6.

I enjoyed the video, but why do you call yourself father rather than friar (brother)? Jesus said not to call any man upon earth father. "And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven." Matthew 23:9

We are Gods, so we are all Christ or is it Christ within us? Illumination is also used by freemasons...

there is no free will, i dont go into detail but if for example you are born in a isolated country, full of nice loving people, lots of food and everything you need, there would be body disease or maybe one day some questions arise of marvelous world, but no one would care about god, theosis salvation...even some foreign fellow would tell those things than people would have no intrest in it because they are already happy, why do you think tribal people around the world rejected christian ideas, money, technology??!! They were happy with their lives all day long, so the question arises without suffering there would be no thoughts about god, transformation of people, good and bad?