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“The central idea of the Eastern Fathers was that of theosis, the divinization of all creatures, the transfiguration of the world, the idea of the cosmos and not the idea of personal salvation...Only later Christian consciousness began to value the idea of hell more than the idea of the transfiguration and divinization of the world...The Kingdom of God is the transfiguration of the world, the universal resurrection, a new heaven and a new earth.”

Quote by Nikolai Berdyaev

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Nikolai Berdyaev

Russian philosopher born on March 18, 1874, and died on March 23, 1948. Nikolai Berdyaev is known for his contributions to religious philosophy, existentialism, and liberalism. more

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