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=== Vision of God === According to Hierotheos Vlachos, divinization, also called ''theosis'', "is the participation in the Uncreated grace of God" and "is identified and connected with the ''[[theoria]]'' (vision) of the Uncreated Light". "''Theoria'' is the vision of the glory of God. ''Theoria'' is identified with the vision of the uncreated Light, the uncreated energy of God, with the union of man with God, with man's ''theosis''. This vision, by which faith is attained, is what saves: "Faith comes by hearing the Word and by experiencing ''theoria'' (the vision of God). We accept faith at first by hearing in order to be healed, and then we attain to faith by ''theoria'', which saves man." It is also one of the means by which Christians came to know the [[Trinity]]: "The disciples of Christ acquired the knowledge of the Triune God in ''theoria'' (vision of God) and by revelation."<ref>{{harvnb|Vlachos|1994}}</ref>
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