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To: spunkets
Theotes refers to the Deity who is, in all His fullness a Person - Jesus.

θεότης means the state of being God. If it is a state then it's not the being or a person, but a state of that being. Humanity is a state of being human, theotes is the state of being divine.

1,154 posted on 02/06/2011 11:20:17 PM PST by kosta50 ("Spirit of Spirit....give me over to immortal birth so that I may be born again" -- pagan prayer)
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To: kosta50
Re: Theotes refers to the Deity who is, in all His fullness a Person - Jesus.

"θεότης means the state of being God. If it is a state then it's not the being or a person, but a state of that being. Humanity is a state of being human, theotes is the state of being divine.

Your link agrees with everyone else and translates the word as Deity. Deity is a being a person that holds a particular position, or state. One can not simply be a state.

1,157 posted on 02/06/2011 11:32:05 PM PST by spunkets
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