John 10:30-36 ESV — I and the Father are one.” The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? If he called them gods to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken— do you say of him whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
Thanks for sharing this and the video. Theosis is a new concept to me, one that I will have to mull over. As a Protestant Christian, I don't automatically accept tradition as authoritative, and the writings of the church fathers are important in my view, but not necessarily inspired or on a par with Scripture. It does seem like there may be verses that may support theosis, although I don't think any do very clearly, and certainly not as clearly as the statement "God became man so that man might become a god." Is this commonly and regularly taught in Orthodox congregations? I know that in certain Protestant congregations some topics like eschatology or sanctification get neglected, depending on the ministers.
Protestantism has significantly more variety in teachings than orthodoxy does. There is some variety in interpretation of what theosis means but theosis is taught within all of orthodoxy
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