7/27/2019 Theosis - its essential and gratuitous aspects

1/1

Aspects of Theosis

The Essential

1) epistemological & existential

a) propositional (inchoately i lluminative) - e.g. implicit ultimate concerns, preambula fidei, etc

b) ascetical participatory - e.g. kenosis, katharsis (purgative), synergia (unitive)

The Gratuitous

2) gnosiological & theological

a) propositional (illuminative) - communal mystagogy

b) mystical participatory (unitive) - theurgy, theoria, etc