apocatastasis
Americannoun
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the state of being restored or reestablished; restitution.
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the doctrine that Satan and all sinners will ultimately be restored to God.
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Etymology
Origin of apocatastasis
1670–80; < Latin < Greek: a setting up again. See apo-, catastasis
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May it not be that in the end all shall be saved, including Cain and Judas and Satan himself, as Origen's development of the Pauline apocatastasis led him to hope?
From Tragic Sense Of Life by J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford) Flitch
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 J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford) Flitch
And this first Christian mystic dreamed also of a final triumph of spirit, of consciousness, and this is what in theology is technically called the apocatastasis or restitution.
From Tragic Sense Of Life by J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford) Flitch
This splendid dream of the final solidarity of mankind is the Pauline anacefaleosis and apocatastasis.
From Tragic Sense Of Life by J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford) Flitch
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
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