It’s a surprising teaching to the average American Catholic, not a lie:
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The Word became flesh to make us “partakers of the divine nature”:78 “For this is why the Word became man, and the Son of God became the Son of man: so that man, by entering into communion with the Word and thus receiving divine sonship, might become a son of God.”79 “For the Son of God became man so that we might become God.”80 “The only-begotten Son of God, wanting to make us sharers in his divinity, assumed our nature, so that he, made man, might make men gods.”81
See Psalms 82 and John 10:
Psalm 82 >>
King James Bible
1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
6 I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High.
7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
John 10:34-36
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are gods’?
35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?
The footnotes are also crucial:
78: 2 Pet 1:4.
79: St. Irenaeus, Adv. haeres. 3, 19, 1: PG 7/1, 939.
80: St. Athanasius, De inc., 54, 3: PG 25, 192B.
81: St. Thomas Aquinas, Opusc. 57: 1-4.
St. Athanasius is the author of the sentence most likely to give offence.
Actually, looking at it again, I suppose St. Thomas Aquinas’ passage with its repetition of Psalm 82 may be at least as provocative.
Fantastic! I think you are the first person to quote from the CCC that actually linked.
The “Offensive” passage is taken from 2 Pet 1:4. I guess the problem is with Peter.
If what you claim could possibly true, how did these critters become 'gods' before they were judged???
7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
This verse alone disqualifies these 'gods' from being human...
The footnotes are also crucial:
78: 2 Pet 1:4.
79: St. Irenaeus, Adv. haeres. 3, 19, 1: PG 7/1, 939.
80: St. Athanasius, De inc., 54, 3: PG 25, 192B.
81: St. Thomas Aquinas, Opusc. 57: 1-4.
St. Athanasius is the author of the sentence most likely to give offence.
You mean the Catholic foot notes...I'm sure they are crucial...You have to have some serious footnotes to convince anyone other than a Catholic that these 'gods' are Christians...
May God increase their discernment.