Theosis as such is the goal, it is the purpose of life, and it is considered achievable only through a synergy ( or cooperation ) between humans ' activities and God's uncreated energies ( or operations ).

Theosis is an important concept in Orthodox theology deriving from the fact that Orthodox theology is of an explicitly mystical character.

Theosis is obtained by engaging in contemplative prayer resulting from the cultivation of watchfulness ( Gk: nepsis ).

Theosis is the gradual submission of man to the good, who then with Divine grace from his relationship or union with God, attains deification.

Theosis ( Greek for " making divine ", " deification ", " to become gods by Grace ") and for " divinization ", " reconciliation, union with God " and " glorification ") is expressed as " Being, union with God " and having a relationship or synergy between God and man.

Theosis closely links the ideas of justification and sanctification ; salvation is achieved by the divinisation of man.

Theosis as a doctrine developed in a distinctive direction among Methodists, and elsewhere in the pietist movement which reawakened Protestant interest in the asceticism of the early Catholic Church, and some of the mystical traditions of the West.

Also, Torrance ’ s influence can be seen in the thinking of Matthew Baker of Fordham University ; Elmer Colyer of the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, one of the founding Directors of the T. F. Torrance Theological Fellowship and author of a number of works on Torrance ; Gary Deddo, Senior Editor at InterVarsity Press and founding President of the T. F. Torrance Theological Fellowship and author of a number of works on Torrance ; George Dion Dragas, Professor of Patrology and Patristics, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, Massachusetts ; Eric Flett of Eastern University, St. David ’ s, Pennsylvania and author of a book on the Theology of Culture as understood through the thinking of Torrance ; Michael Gibson of Vanderbilt University ; Myk Habets of Carey Baptist College, Auckland, New Zealand, author of a number of works on Torrance, including a book on Torrance and Theosis ; George Hunsinger, Hazel Thompson McCord Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary and author of a number of works on Torrance as well as an important book on the Eucharist, influenced by Torrance ; Christian Kettler of Friends University, Kansas, the current President of the Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship and author of a number of books that demonstrate Torrance ’ s influence ; Paul D. Molnar, Professor of Systematic Theology at St. John ’ s University in Queens, New York, past President of the Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship and author of a number of works on Torrance including a book on Torrance ’ s trinitarian theology ; and Andrew Purves, Chair in Reformed Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

* The 1730s Evangelical Revival in England, led by Methodists John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley, which brought Wesley's distinct take on the Eastern Orthodox concept of Theosis and the teachings of German Pietism to England and eventually to the United States.

Theosis has also been referred to as " glorification ", " union with God ", " becoming god by Grace ", " self-realization ", " the acquisition of the Holy Spirit ", " experience of the uncreated light " Eastern Orthodox theologians John Romanides and George Papademetriou say that some of Augustine's teachings were actually condemned as those of Barlaam the Calabrian at the Hesychast or Fifth Council of Constantinople 1351.

* " The Bright Morning of the Soul: John of the Cross on Theosis ", Pro Ecclesia ( Summer 2003 ): 324-45.

* Eastern Orthodoxy and Theosis

Boris Zabrodsky of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America, founder of the Service Committee for Orthodox Spiritual Renewal ( SCOSR ) which published " Theosis " Newsletter, were some of the more prominent leaders of the charismatic renewal in Orthodoxy.

Theosis results from leading a pure life, practicing restraint and adhering to the commandments, putting the love of God before all else.

Theosis in the Theology of Thomas F. Torrance ( Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology, and Biblical Studies ).

Though sex in some form or other enters into all human activity and it was a good thing that Freud emphasized this aspect of human nature, it is fantastic to explain everything in terms of sex.

Although I have emphasized the barriers which an aroused nationalism has raised against relations between Christians and non-Christians in Asia, the fact is that this development has also widened the gulf between certain Afro-Asian religions themselves.

Confucius emphasized the role of the arts and humanities ( especially music and poetry ) in broadening human nature and aiding li ( etiquette, the rites ) in bringing us back to what is essential about humanity.

* The house in which Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 is preserved as Casa Buonaparte, and his associations with the town are everywhere emphasized by street-names and statues.

This austerity is further emphasized in the cloisters with its apt name of " Cloister of Silence ".

The emphasized perfection is moral discipline ( śīla ).

The emphasized perfection is patience ().

The emphasized perfection is vigor ( vīrya ).

The emphasized perfection is meditative concentration ( dhyāna ).

He supports that the chiastic structure is emphasized by the languages in which the book is written.

Like the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church also traces its heritage to the foundation of Christianity through Apostolic succession and has an episcopal structure, though the autonomy of the individual, mostly national churches is emphasized.

Bohr emphasized that science is concerned with predictions of the outcomes of experiments, and that any additional propositions offered are not scientific but meta-physical.

This is a frequent occurrence in sitcoms, where networks may agree to continue a show, but only if a certain character is emphasized, leading other minor characters to become victims of Chuck Cunningham Syndrome, while the emphasized character ( usually a Breakout Character ) ( as in the case of Frasier Crane ) develops a more complete back story that ignores previous, more simplified back stories.

In the case of n't, the negation can also be emphasized by stressing the word to which the clitic is attached:

Thus, he implicitly emphasized that it is God-made (" God has joined together "), " male and female ," lifelong (" let no one separate "), and monogamous (" a man ... his wife ").

This is emphasized in Jewish traditions concerning the story of the Akedah, the binding of Isaac.

A portrait as diversified as the one already pointed out for the coronal features is emphasized by the analysis of the dynamics of the main structures of the corona, which evolve in times very different among them.

Moksha, although the ultimate goal, is emphasized more in the last two stages of life, while artha and kama are considered primary only during Grihastha.

The extent to which this innate human knowledge is emphasized over experience as a means to acquire knowledge varies from idealist to idealist.

For clarity, commands and text typed by the user are in normal face, and output from ed is emphasized.

Patients are taught to say phrases using the natural melodic component of speaking and continuous voicing is emphasized.

This development is reflected in the action taken in February, 1961, by the general board of the National Council of Churches, the largest Protestant organization in the Aj.

The general Protestant conviction is that motives, rather than methods, form the primary moral issue, provided the methods are limited to the prevention of conception ''.

An action once universally condemned by all Christian churches and forbidden by the civil law is now not only approved by the overwhelming majority of Protestant denominations, but also deemed, at certain times, to be a positive religious duty.

The key to Protestant development, therefore, is economic integration of the nucleus of the congregation.

actually, there is little evidence of such personal community in Protestant congregations, as we shall see in another connection.

That day is perhaps today, 1961, and it seems no longer very meaningful to call England a `` Protestant country ''.

The general tone of articles appearing in such important newspapers as the Manchester Guardian and the Sunday Observer implies a kindly recognition that the Catholic Church is now at least of equal stature in England with the Protestant churches.

With such a dream arising, at least in part, from the Protestant heritage of the United States and built into the foundations of the nation, it is not surprising that many efforts were made to give it concrete expression.

Arianism is defined as those teachings attributed to Arius which are in opposition to mainstream Trinitarian Christological doctrine, as determined by the first two Ecumenical Councils and currently maintained by the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Oriental Orthodox Churches, and most Reformation Protestant Churches.

Arminianism is based on the theological ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius ( 1560 – 1609 ) and his historic supporters known as the Remonstrants and is known as a soteriological sect of Protestant Christianity.

The extreme of Calvinism is hyper-Calvinism, which insists that signs of election must be sought before evangelization of the unregenerate takes place and that the eternally damned have no obligation to repent and believe, and on the extreme of Arminianism is Pelagianism, which rejects the doctrine of original sin on grounds of moral accountability ; but the overwhelming majority of Protestant, evangelical pastors and theologians hold to one of these two systems or somewhere in between.

The Act of Settlement is an act of the Parliament of England that was passed in 1701 to settle the succession to the English and Irish crowns and thrones on the Electress Sophia of Hanover ( a granddaughter of James I ) and her Protestant heirs.

The lack of apostolic succession through bishops is the primary basis on which Protestant communities are not considered churches by the Orthodox churches and the Roman Catholic Church.

Among some Protestant bodies, who do not consider it a sacrament, but instead as a practice suggested rather than commanded by Scripture, it is called anointing with oil.

Since “ a cappella ” singing brought a new polyphony with instrumental accompaniment, it is not surprising that Protestant reformers who opposed the instruments ( such as Calvin and Zwingli ) also opposed the polyphony.

It is German-speaking and predominantly Protestant.

Because Athanasius ' canon is the closest canon of any of the Church Fathers to the canon used by Protestant churches today, many Protestants point to Athanasius as the father of the canon.

Also located on the island and adjacent to the Lustgarten and palace is Berlin Cathedral, emperor William II's ambitious attempt to create a Protestant counterpart to St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

The church is now owned by the Protestant umbrella Union of Evangelical Churches ( UEK ).

Berlin's best preserved medieval Church of St. Mary's is the 1 < sup > st </ sup > preaching venue – Memorial Church being the 2 < sup > nd </ sup > – of the Bishop of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia ( EKBO ), a Protestant regional church body.

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church is the 2 < sup > nd </ sup > preaching venue of the Bishop of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia | Regional Protestant Church ( EKBO ).

The Books of the Bible are listed differently in the canons of Judaism and the Catholic, Protestant, Greek Orthodox, Slavonic Orthodox, Coptic, Georgian Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic, Syriac, Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox churches, although there is substantial overlap.

The Protestant canon is the same as the Tanakh in content, as decided by the Council of Jamnia.