Deification of man in Christianity – 3 – Illumination, deification, theoria and the Divine Light

Originally posted on REFLECTIONS FOR THE SOUL:
He who enjoys illumination is greater and receives more that he who only tastes, for he has within himself the assurance of his visions (Maximus the Confessor, Hom. 7,5-6, PG 34, col.527). The Divine One purifies the man who desires Him: by this purification, He creates men of…