[Teófilo]

I believe that the author of the quote was referring to what Eastern Christianity means by “theosis” or “deification,” this “conforming to the divine nature” of soken about in 2 Peter 1: 2-11.

The fault of our author here is not one of malice, but of ignorance, as he reached out to incorrect terminology in describing a very biblical facet of the Christian life in his enthusiasm and hurry in communicating it.

For the message remains urgent: theosis is the common call and norm of life for every Christian and not the exception. Christians are not called to be merely ethical, but HOLY, and holiness and SALVATION are tied to the practice of the Sermon of the Mount and, not to faith alone.

+JMJ,
-Theo

-Theo

[annalex]

The fault of our author here is not one of malice, but of ignorance, as he reached out to incorrect terminology

Yes, indeed. This also points to the danger of relying on counter-reformation authorities who had tasks peculiar to them, at the exclusion of earlier fathers.