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

The apocatastasis is more than a mystical dream: it is a rule of action, it is a beacon beckoning us to high exploits.

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

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 J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford) Flitch

We will discuss this more fully, however, in the next chapter on the apocatastasis or beatific union.

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

May not this apocatastasis, this return of all things to God, be rather an ideal term to which we unceasingly approach—some of us with fleeter step than others—but which we are destined never to reach?

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

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

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