# From the Sayings of St. Athanasius the Apostolic on the Doctrine of Theosis (Deification)

> For the Word of God became man that He might deify us, and manifested Himself in a body that we might obtain knowledge of the unseen Father.

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![“For the Word of God became man that He might deify us, and manifested Himself in a body that we might obtain knowledge of the unseen Father, and endured the insult of men that we might inherit immortality…” — St. Athanasius the Apostolic, On the Incarnation, 54:3](/uploads/sites/1274e232-e31c-46f4-a48b-27b854406479/media/evidence-12e014d3-31e7-45e0-8361-64773c091b87-en-square.png?w=1080&h=1080)

### From the comments of St. Athanasius the Apostolic in “On the Incarnation 54:3”:

For the Word of God became man that He might deify us, and manifested Himself in a body that we might obtain knowledge of the unseen Father, and endured the insult of men that we might inherit immortality, and He is God, since while He Himself was in no way touched by any harm, because He is not subject to suffering or corruption, being the very Word and God, by His impassibility He preserved and saved the men who suffer and for whose sake He endured all this

### Who is St. Athanasius the Apostolic?

Born c. 296–298 AD and reposed 373 AD. God was preparing this chosen vessel to stand, by the power of the Spirit and of truth, before Arius and the Arians, preserving the faith of the universal Church concerning the divinity of the Lord Christ. Athanasius was not swallowed up in administrative work, but focused more on scholarly, philosophical, literary and legal study, and gave attention to evangelical and theological studies on a patristic basis

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