Assigning divine qualities to any mortal and, usually, worshipping that person as if they were a supernatural being.
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In Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic theology, theosis, meaning divinization (or woodenly, deification or, to become god), is the call to man to become holy and seek union with God, beginning in this life and later consummated in the resurrection.
The doctrine of theosis or deification in The Church of JesusChrist of Latter-day Saints differs significantly from that of orthodox Christian (note, not specifically Eastern Orthodox) theology.
Some Mormons also suggest that discussions of theosis by early Church fathers demonstrate that the basic Mormon concept of deification was part of the original church.
With Palamas the chief focus of deification settles on participation in uncreated grace, which enables the human person to transcend himself and live with the life of Christ, so that he becomes 'uncreated through grace'(2).
Gregory of Nazianzus, the inventor of the term theosis, makes frequent use of the doctrine of deification as a means of expressing a dynamic relationship between God and man -a relationship in which man gradually grows into his fulfilment as a creature- but he avoids the language of participation.
Deification is Maximus's preferred expression for the goal of human life(62).
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