“...the very nature of humanity is to be like God, for that is what it means to be created in the image of God. The more humanity becomes like God, the more it becomes itself. Divinization is humanization. Theosis is anthropoiesis.”
+ H.G. Paulos Mar Gregorios, Cosmic Man, pg. 230
“Life in man is the glory of God; the life of man is the vision of God.”
Saint Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, Book 4, 20:7
“The glory of God is a living man; and the life of man consists in beholding God”
Saint Irenaeus of Lyons (Another Translation)
"The glory of God is a man fully alive."
Saint Irenaeus of Lyons (Another Translation)