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Theosis: Becoming What You Were Made For
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 16 2025
Pages: 532
Weight: 1.40
Height: 1.32 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Forgiveness is only the beginning. Deification is the goal.
In Theosis: Becoming What You Were Made For, Catholic theologian Matthew Sardon retrieves Christianity's most astonishing promise: you were created in the image and likeness of God, called to bear His presence in the world, and destined for union with the Holy Trinity. From Eden to the Cross, from the font of baptism to the fire of Pentecost, Sardon weaves Scripture, the Fathers, and the liturgical life of East and West into a single vision: grace does not merely forgive-it re-creates.
Here the imago Dei is revealed not as a static resemblance but as a living vocation: to be icons of God's love, capable of communion, and transfigured into His likeness
The sacraments appear not as maintenance rituals but as participation in divine life; prayer shines as illumination rather than escape; suffering itself is made radiant when united to Christ.
Guided by Athanasius, Augustine, Maximus, and Palamas, this book lays the foundation of deification, opens the concrete path of ascetic and liturgical practice, and shows its flowering in the saints who became all flame.
Accessible yet profound, Theosis invites seekers, students, and pastors alike to rediscover salvation as participation, worship as ascent, and daily life as the very place where glory takes root.
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