CCC 1988

Through the power of the Holy Spirit we take part in Christ's Passion by dying to sin, and in his Resurrection by being born to a new life; we are members of his Body which is the Church, branches grafted onto the vine which is himself:³⁶ Cf. 1 Cor 12; Jn 15:1 4.

(God) gave himself to us through his Spirit. By the participation of the Spirit, we become communicants in the divine nature.... For this reason, those in whom the Spirit dwells are divinized.³⁷ St. Athanasius, Ep. Serap. 1, 24: PG 26, 585PG — Patrologia Graeca (Migne) and 588.