The Flesh,
without ceasing to be truly flesh, is represented as becoming divine
like the Word. That is, the humanity becomes so endowed with
power, and knowledge, and holiness through the unction of the Holy
Ghost that its natural properties are “deified.”
These and similar phrases are freely used by the Fathers of the fourth
century, and may be compared with John i. 14, and 2 Pet.
i. 4.