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THEOSIS: PARTAKERS OF DIVINITY WITH GOD<br />

PROF. M. M. NINAN<br />

CONTENTS<br />

PREFACE<br />

I THE DOCTRINE OF THEOSIS: YE ARE GODS 1<br />

II THEOSIS SCRIPTURAL FOUNDATIONS 3<br />

III CREATION EX-NIHILO AND EMPTYING OF GOD OF LOVE IN CREATION 19<br />

IV VACUUM IN PHYSICS - THE THEORY OF PHYSICAL VACUUM 23<br />

V THE CONCEPT OF GOD: JAGNATH: LORD OF THE UNIVERSE 32<br />

VI CREATION AND CREATOR:WHERE DID GOD CREATE AND WITH WHAT? 36<br />

VII ESSENCE AND ENERGIES OF GOD 43<br />

VIII<br />

MULTI-DIMENSIONS IN REALMS OF EXISTENCE<br />

A NEW APPROACH TO CREATOR AND CREATION 50<br />

IX THEOSIS IN THE WRITINGS OF THE FATHERS 66<br />

X THEOSIS IN WESTERN CHRISTIANITY 112<br />

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 112<br />

ANGLICAN 121<br />

QUAKERS 123<br />

METHODISM 125<br />

EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 126<br />

CHRISTIAN UNIVERSALIST THEOLOGY 127<br />

MORMON 128<br />

HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG 131<br />

POSITIVE CONFESSION 131<br />

XI THE PROCESS OF THEOSIS 134<br />

APPENDIX 1 THE ENERGIES OF GOD BY MEGAS L. FARANDOS, . 146<br />

APPENDIX 2 MACLAREN'S EXPOSITIONS PARTAKERS OF THE DIVINE NATURE 148<br />

APPENDIX 3 THEOSIS OF THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS<br />

PAUL DERENGOWSKI, 151<br />

APPENDIX 4 "YE ARE GODS?" 152

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