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The Deification of Man: St Gregory Palamas and the Orthodox Tradition is unavailable, but you can change that!

Focusing on the “new man” in Christ, this study sets forth the theological and anthropological basis for the doctrine of deification as expounded by St. Gregory Palamas (1296–1359), the greatest theologian of the later Byzantine period. Georgios I. Mantzaridis explains that for Palamas and the Fathers, the term “spiritual” does not denote an abstraction, but characterizes the new man, born...

except He who was conceived in the virginal womb, through the coming of the Holy Spirit and the overshadowing of the Most High. It is because of this that He could contain within Himself “the fullness of divinity,” whereas we can only receive “from His fullness.”65 The regeneration of man in Christ is not just his restoration to heaven. God in His wisdom converted Adam’s self-willed defection into an opportunity for his advancement: “God in His wisdom and power knew how to convert the falls resulting
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