
137: Becoming God (Deification/Theosis), with Fr. James Brent O.P.
Pints With Aquinas
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We Are God's Children Now
In the first letter of john, chapter three, verse two, it says this, beloved, we are god's children now. So there's the theme of adoption again. We've been adopted into the family of the triune god. And when we're adopted, weare adopted as sons, but we're also like christ - who is the son par excellence,. But he's also like our elder brother in this household. So we're meant to grow into his likeness more and more. I'll say, ye ye, we should be like christ. That's right. We should be like him. Now, but it's not just simply a copy. It shares in the very heat
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