different between deification vs theosis

English

Etymology

French déification

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

deification (usually uncountable, plural deifications)

1. The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis.
2. Excessive praise.
3. A deified embodiment.
   • 2013, Ann Leckie, Ancillary Justice:

     We went through the main hall, four-armed Amaat looming, the air still smelling of incense and the heap of flowers at the god's feet and knees, back to a tiny chapel tucked into a corner, dedicated to an old and now-obscure provincial god, one of those personifications of abstract concepts so many pantheons hold, in this case a deification of legitimate political authority.

Synonyms

• (act of deifying): divinisation or divinization; apotheosis

Translations

Anagrams

• edification

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin the?sis, from ecclesiastical Ancient Greek ?????? (thé?sis).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i????s?s/

Noun

theosis

1. (theology) The likeness to or union with a god; deification.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 440:

     For him, theosis or deification was the destination for human salvation, whose attainment Adam's sin in Eden had imperilled but not rendered impossible [...].

2. (theology) The process of attaining this state.

Translations

See also

• apotheosis

Anagrams

• hosties