Panayiotis Nellas

Greek Orthodox theologian (1936-1986) who drew on patristic sources, especially Maximus the Confessor and Nikolaos Kabasilas, to articulate a theological anthropology centered on theosis (deification) as the vocation of the human person.

Recovered the patristic theology of the human person as made according to Christ (not merely in the image of God), arguing that humanity finds its true definition only in the Incarnate Logos.