Silvanus
He [Christ] who has exalted man became like God, not in order that he might bring God down to man, but that man might become like God.
Augustine of HippoBut he himself that justifies also deifies, for by justifying he makes sons of God. “For he has given them power to become the sons of God.” If then we have been made sons of God, we have also been made gods.
Nikolay FyodorovGod does everything not merely for humanity, but also through humanity. The Creator through us recreates the world; He resurrects all that are perished.
HippolytusYou will be a companion of God, and a co-heir with Christ . . . For you have become divine . . . God has promised to bestow these upon you, for you have been deified and begotten unto immortality.