The Heresy of Theosis

Theosis teaches that salvation is deification that man becomes god. Rooted in Greek and Neoplatonic thought rather than Scripture, it blurs the Creator–creature distinction and drifts toward pantheism. Salvation is redefined as mystical union instead of deliverance from sin by God’s sovereign grace. By exalting man and diminishing Christ’s lordship, theosis replaces the biblical gospel with spiritual elitism, mystery, and asceticism. It is not deeper Christianity, but another religion altogether.