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To: rrc
“That you may come to “share in the divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4). Saint Athanasius summed them up thus: “The Son of God became man so that man might become God” (CCC #460).

Ping to watch the Mormons show up for this one....

13 posted on 05/03/2007 7:20:28 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
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To: Alex Murphy
Ping to watch the Mormons show up for this one....

The vast difference between "becoming God" (Christian theosis) and "becoming a god" (that other religion) is entirely lost on some folks.

14 posted on 05/03/2007 7:26:39 AM PDT by Campion ("I am so tired of you, liberal church in America" -- Mother Angelica, 1993)
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To: Alex Murphy
Ping to watch the Mormons show up for this one....

Ask, and you shall receive . . . .

16 posted on 05/03/2007 8:51:35 AM PDT by Logophile
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