I'm God?

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I was watching a video from Kent Hivind, who I take no side with whatsoever, but he pointed to me somethingpuzzling in the Catechism:

"460 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

Uh… I I know we’re “gods” in the sense that we’re given a divine nature, but God Himself? I’m feeling kinda like I’m borderlining Mormonism, here. 🙂 Care to explain? Thanks. 😉
 
Deification is the process of sharing in the divine life of the Trinity. It’s a more eastern form of speaking. Here in the west they talk more of sanctifying grace rather than deification.
 
In Galatians 2:19,20 St. Paul says:

“…it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me…”

St. Paul here is fully sanctified. His will is one with Christ, he is emptied of self and filled with Christ.

That is what that Scripture is alluding to.
 
MrZetterlund said:
I was watching a video from Kent Hivind, who I take no side with whatsoever, but he pointed to me somethingpuzzling in the Catechism:

"460 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

Uh… I I know we’re “gods” in the sense that we’re given a divine nature, but God Himself? I’m feeling kinda like I’m borderlining Mormonism, here. 🙂 Care to explain? Thanks. 😉
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As a side note: Whenever I read something in the Catechism or any other Church documents, for that matter, I always compare that piece with many of the other official statements of the Church. Since I know that the Church does not and never did teach that we will become God then I realize that I must delve further into the context in which this particular statement is used. The other posters cleared up what this means.

The Catholic Church can never contradict divine revelation be it from Scripture or Tradition. So if it seems that a particular declaration is doing just that then it is I who must research and make sure exactly what it is that the Church is saying. And all of the time I will learn something and appreciate the teaching authority of the Church even all the more… teachccd
 
MrZetterlund said:
I was watching a video from Kent Hivind, who I take no side with whatsoever, but he pointed to me somethingpuzzling in the Catechism:

"460 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

Uh… I I know we’re “gods” in the sense that we’re given a divine nature, but God Himself? I’m feeling kinda like I’m borderlining Mormonism, here. 🙂 Care to explain? Thanks. 😉
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I don’t recall the catechism capitalizing the word god? But Jesus prays for His followers to become one with Him as He is in the Father. The Trinity is made up of three person yet is one, believers and those who fully give themselves over (sacrifice themselves) to Him have Christ within them, not as separate but as part of. He in the Father, we in Him, the Father in us.

I think most hold themselves back from truly doing that. Just my opinion!
 
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Deification is the process of sharing in the divine life of the Trinity. It’s a more eastern form of speaking. Here in the west they talk more of sanctifying grace rather than deification.
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It also called Theosis. Our human nature is raised up so that we can join in the relationship shared by the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We do not receive a divine nature and retain our human nature which is lifted up, sanctified,by God. We do not literally become God except in so far as Christ dwells in us and we in Him.

I too, was somewhat put off by paragraph 460 of the C.C.C. until I looked into the matter. There is a saying that as this process takes place when the Father looks at us He sees Jesus, the Son, when He looks at Jesus The Father sees us. Nothing at all like Mormonism.👍
 
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