Differentiation emerges from generality; some differentiations become generalities from which further differentiations emerge.
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St Aquinas, as I understand it, described each individual angel as its own "species;" possessing a unique form. They are differentiated.
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Humans, unlike angels, are a generality; each individual human possesses the same human form. But humans, unlike angels, are temporal.
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As temporal beings, humans are subject to change. If our changes tend towards God, we become more "like ourselves," unique vs general.
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The idea of Theosis might be understood then as a human developing into their unique and proper eternal form; becoming like an angel.
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The opposite process--damnation--might be understood as a human becoming less unique and more general, turning into a caricature
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The ultimate generality, in this understanding, would be nonexistence--that which doesn't exist is indistinct from that which doesn't exist.
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So the sinner ultimately becomes the sin, losing his very identity--but the saint does not become the virtue, the saint becomes himself.
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In the past, I've used a diagram like this to explain God to people. What you *think* is God, vs what actually *is.*pic.twitter.com/Icsuy0nnBk
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