Theosis: Some ideas of Deification as reflected throughout the Ethiopic Divine Liturgy

Abstract

Divinization has been regarded as God’s eternal plan to humanity and subsequently the ultimate purpose of the incarnation. Participation in the divine life is initiated in baptism and nurtured through the Eucharist. Liturgical celebration mediates this salvific grace to the faithful. It is an ongoing process marked with openness to love in faith. Pneumatology is at the heart of Orthodox soteriology that makes possible humanity’s realization of the likeness of God.