Provocative passages on deification abound in St.
For Augustine, the Christian life is essenti.
By tracing how deification and related metaphors appear throughout Augustine\'s writings, David Meconi corrects generations of faulty readings on this crucial patristic theme.
Even more important, the reality of the deified life runs throughout every major aspect of Augustine\'s presentation of Christianity.
He relies on the term "deification" far more than other Latin fathers do.
Augustine of Hippo.
Provocative passages on deification abound in St