I can come to a similar conclusion by an "Eastern" route , hoping for "theosis" (sanctification) towards our fuller potential in and through Jesus . St Paul uses the term "Icon of God" as one of his metaphors for the "whole person" of Jesus , fully human & fully divine . The Eastern Orthodox Church had some turbulent periods clarifying the nature of Icons !
And okay, I see now what you're saying. Yes, my colleague, Myk Habets, wrote his PhD dissertation on Theosis in the Theology of Thomas Torrance. Our work presses into both theosis and union with Christ themes as those find overlap b/t both East and West in certain respects, and in certain theologians.
Yes, but Eastern Orthodoxy is Christian; I’m referring to dualistic systems. In my work on Evangelical Calvinism we are oriented more by the East, in certain ways, versus the West. But my post isn’t addressing that.
I can come to a similar conclusion by an "Eastern" route , hoping for "theosis" (sanctification) towards our fuller potential in and through Jesus . St Paul uses the term "Icon of God" as one of his metaphors for the "whole person" of Jesus , fully human & fully divine . The Eastern Orthodox Church had some turbulent periods clarifying the nature of Icons !
And okay, I see now what you're saying. Yes, my colleague, Myk Habets, wrote his PhD dissertation on Theosis in the Theology of Thomas Torrance. Our work presses into both theosis and union with Christ themes as those find overlap b/t both East and West in certain respects, and in certain theologians.
Yes, but Eastern Orthodoxy is Christian; I’m referring to dualistic systems. In my work on Evangelical Calvinism we are oriented more by the East, in certain ways, versus the West. But my post isn’t addressing that.