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‘You Are Gods’: The Ancient Theology That’s Making a Comeback — and Could Help Unite East and West, by Jonathan Liedl – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Jonathan Liedl, National Catholic Register,

Jonathan Liedl is senior editor for the Register. His background includes state Catholic conference work, three years of seminary formation, and tutoring at a university Christian study center. Liedl holds a B.A. in Political Science and Arabic Studies (Univ. of Notre Dame), an M.A. in Catholic Studies (Univ. of St. Thomas), and is currently completing an M.A. in Theology at the Saint Paul Seminary. He lives in South Bend, Indiana. Follow him on Twitter at @JLLiedl.

 

The revival of deification theology in the Catholic Church has big implications, from ecumenism to AI.

Jonathan LiedlWhen Grace Simcox came across the concept of deification last year, the Catholic theology student thought she might be dealing with something more pagan than Christian.

The Franciscan University undergrad was debating her now-boyfriend, an Eastern Orthodox catechumen, and wasn’t sure if his constant emphasis on how the Christian life was aimed at theosis, or becoming like God, squared with her Catholic commitments — or if it did at all.

“At first, it seemed provocative and borderline mythological,” she said.

But after turning to Scripture, the Church Fathers, and especially the medieval Catholic theologian St. Thomas Aquinas, Simcox discovered that deification wasn’t merely compatible with her Catholic faith — it was one of its most profound and essential truths. ….

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