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Metropolitan Kallistos Ware on Theotic Renewal - Orthodox (Isaiah 40:31)

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"Renewed strength in the Orthodox vision is participation in divine energy. We wait, emptied of self-reliance, and are filled with God's own life. The eagle soaring is theosis pictured—lifted by divine power into ever deeper communion with God." — Metropolitan Kallistos Ware. Orthodox: renewal as theosis.

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Isaiah 40:31

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