[broncobilly]

I think you should read the church fathers broncobilly before you characterize what they say to others. Which of the church fathers have you read?

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Quite a few. And you?
Also, what specifically are you referring to?
Are you referring to my statement that the early fathers believed in divinization of man?
Try reading the first volume of Pelikan’s history of Christianity.
And where else to begin?
1) G. Bonner, “Augustine’s Conception of Deification.”
2) A. Louth, “Manhood into God.”
3) Gregorios Mantzaridis, “The Deification of Man: St. Gregory Palamas and the Orthodox Tradition.”
4) Robert Rakestraw, “Becoming Like God: An Evangelical Doctrine of Theosis.”
5) Christofors Stavropaulos, “Partakers of Divine Nature.”
6) P.T. Wild, “The Divinazation of Man according to St. Hilary of Pointiers.”
etc.
etc.
Salvation as the Deification of Man was a common belief in early Christianity. It was the belief of St. Athanasius, the great defender of the Nicene Creed.

[Greg F]

You listed a bunch of books about the church fathers, not the writings of the church fathers themselves. Have you read Augustine’s “City of God?” That’s easy to find.