apocatastasis

American  

[ap-oh-kuh-tas-tuh-sis] / ˌæp oʊ kəˈtæs tə sɪs /

Or apokatastasis

noun

1. the state of being restored or reestablished; restitution.

2. the doctrine that Satan and all sinners will ultimately be restored to God.

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Other Word Forms

• apocatastatic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of apocatastasis

1670–80; < Latin < Greek: a setting up again. See apo-, catastasis

Example Sentences

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apocatastasis

May there not be a connection between this conclusion of scientific philosophy with respect to a final state of stability and homogeneity and the mystical dream of the apocatastasis?

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)

And this recapitulation—ανακεφαλαιωσις, anacefaleosis—the end of the world's history and of the human race, is merely another aspect of the apocatastasis.

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)

Or may it not rather be that, starting from chaos, from absolute unconsciousness, in the eternity of the past, we continually approach the apocatastasis or final apotheosis without ever reaching it?

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)

And what is this cosmic dream of Bonnefon's but the plastic representation of the Pauline apocatastasis?

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)

It may be said, on the other hand, that the apocatastasis, God's coming to be all in all, presupposes that there was a time when He was not all in all.

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)