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Quotation from On the Incarnation of the Word by Athanasius of Alexandria
“For He was made man that we might be made God”
On the Incarnation of the Word, §54. The Word Incarnate, as is the case with the Invisible God, is known to us by His works, trans. Archibald Robertson (1892)
Section 54, summing up the purpose of the incarnation in a sentence often quoted in Eastern Christian teaching on theosis.
Citation: "For He was made man that we might be made God" — Athanasius of Alexandria, On the Incarnation of the Word, §54. The Word Incarnate, as is the case with the Invisible God, is known to us by His works, trans. Archibald Robertson (1892). (id athanasius-on-the-incarnation-q2)
