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CALLED TO BE THE CHILDREN OF GOD
THE CATHOLIC THEOLOGY OF HUMAN DEIFICATION. This book by Fr. David Meconi, SJ, and Carl E. Olson gathers 14 Catholic scholars to present, examine and explain the often misunderstood process of "deification." In 15 chapters, read what "becoming God" meant for the early Church, for St. Thomas Aquinas and for St. Francis. Understand how salvation played out during the Protestant Reformation and the Council of Trent. It explores the French School of Spirituality, some Thomists, John Henry Newman, John Paul II, Vatican Councils and the Catechism. No other book provides such a deep study. Paperback. 304 pages.