“The Word of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, who did, through His transcendent love, become what we are, that He might bring us to be even what He is Himself.”
– Irenaeus, Against Heresies
“The Word of God became man, that thou mayest learn from man how man may become God.”
– Clement of Alexandria, Exhortation to the Heathen
“God became man so that man might become God.”
– Athanasius, On the Incarnation
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