Theosis

<p><strong>Theosis: Becoming What You Were Made For</strong></p><p> <em>Reclaiming the Christian vocation that the modern world has forgotten.</em></p><p></p><p>Humanity was not created for mere survival moral improvement or even heavenly consolation. Humanity was created for <em>God</em>. In this sweeping yet accessible work Eastern Catholic theologian Matthew Sardon unveils the heart of the Christian mystery: theosis-the astonishing promise that men and women are called to share in the very life of the Holy Trinity.</p><p>Drawing deeply from Scripture the Fathers and the liturgical inheritance of both East and West Sardon unfolds a unified vision of salvation in which grace does more than pardon. Grace <em>re-creates</em>. The image of God becomes a living summons rather than a poetic metaphor; prayer becomes participation in divine light; the sacraments reveal themselves as the places where human nature is healed elevated and made capable of glory.</p><p>From Eden's lost likeness to the burning bush from the Incarnation to Pentecost the path of deification emerges with clarity:</p><p> humanity is meant to become what it beholds.</p><p>Guided by Athanasius Augustine Maximus the Confessor Gregory Palamas and the great witnesses of the Christian East this book offers both a theological foundation and a concrete spiritual roadmap. Ascetic practice liturgical worship and the crucible of suffering are shown not as burdens but as the divine pedagogy that shapes the soul into a living icon-a human life that shines with the fire of the Kingdom.</p><p>Written with scholarly depth and pastoral warmth <em>Theosis: Becoming What You Were Made For</em> invites seekers students clergy and everyday believers to rediscover the central truth of the Christian Gospel:</p><p>salvation is not escape but transfiguration.</p><p>Daily life becomes the arena of communion.</p><p>Holiness becomes possible.</p><p>The glory of God becomes the destiny of the human person.</p>