Section 13 (part 82)

The doctrine — central to Eastern Orthodox and Maximian theology — that the human person is progressively transformed into a partaker of the divine nature by grace, not merely justified or united in passing ecstasy.

The text explicitly states that Dionysus and Heracles were mortal but are now gods, illustrating the transformation of a human into a divine being.

Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.

[auto] The passage vividly describes deities and monsters with human-like physical forms, emotions, and actions such as bearing children and breathing fire.

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

[auto] Divine figures like Zeus and Gaia are portrayed as active, personal agents who dynamically shape cosmic events through will and action.