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Originally Posted by Ohio
Yet not a single verse to support such a teaching.
All they got are a few lines from Athanasius.
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Actually a number of early church fathers mentioned it, including those close to the disciples of the apostles.
Do we really think if it was so heretical they would have talked about it in such a candid way? I don't. In fact, during the time when the Trinity was defined and real heretics were hunted down and killed, no one thought to mention the "heresy" of theosis/man becoming God. The simple reason is it was not a heresy.
I wonder what Jesus thinks every time a key teaching and blessing of God is called a heresy by those who know no better. It might remind us of the Sadducee who denied the resurrection.