RT Article
T1 Theosis and Baptist–Orthodox Discussions
JF The ecumenical review
VO 73
IS 1
SP 111
OP 130
A1 Simuţ, Corneliu C.
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1764624610
AB Baptist-Orthodox discussions could take the shape of a continuous and constructive dialogue if their historical understandings of the Bible are investigated based on their specific perspectives on doctrine. Concretely, the idea of theosis, present in Greek Patristics and later used by the Eastern Orthodox Church as deification, can be investigated by Baptists in at least three distinct ways: as Christification, as participation, or as perichoresis. All these are prevalent in the works of contemporary Baptist theologians such as Dongsun Cho (United States), Paul Fiddes (United Kingdom), and Emil Bartoș (Romania). Based on the foundation provided by theosis and its range of interpretations, the Baptist-Orthodox dialogue can be further strengthened by a series of common concerns such as apologetics, evangelism, politics, economics, social work, and education.
K1 Baptist
K1 Christification
K1 Orthodox
K1 Deification
K1 Ecumenical Dialogue
K1 Participation
K1 perichoresis
K1 Theosis
DO 10.1111/erev.12586