Deification and Union with Christ: A Reformed Perspective on Salvation in Orthodoxy: No. 74 (Latimer Studies)

The concept of deification or union with God is a distinctive mark of Orthodoxy and has a central role within the Eastern theological framework. Since among Western Protestants there has been a recent renewal of interest in Orthodoxy it is not surprising that scholars are trying not just to rediscover deification but also to identify deification in Western theology. In contrast with regards to salvation the Western Church has focused on the cross and since the Reformation more specifically on ju...See More