Restoration to the original or primordial condition
In theology, apokatastasis (Greek: ἀποκατάστασις, /æpoʊkəˈtæstəsɪs/, also spelled apocatastasis) is the restoration of creation to a condition of perfection.[1][2] In Christianity, it is a form of Christian universalism that includes the ultimate salvation of everyone—including the damned in Hell and the Devil.[3][4][5] The New Testament (Acts 3:21) refers to the "apokatastasis of all things", although this passage is not usually understood to teach universal salvation.[6] The Second Council of Nicaea condemned as heresy any teaching, including apokatastasis, that would deny eternal punishment for unforgiven sins (at definition 18) and, for the same reason, also condemned Origen, Evagrius Ponticus, and Didymus the Blind as heretics.[7]
^John Bowker (ed.), "Apocatastasis", The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (Oxford University Press, 2000).
^Ramelli, The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis, 1-24.
^Morwenna Ludlow (2005), "Apocatastasis", Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-280290-3, Apocatastasis. The Greek name (ἀποκατάστασις) for the doctrine that ultimately all free moral creatures—angels, men, and devils—will share in the grace of salvation; cf. article "Universalism".
^González, Justo L (2005), Essential Theological Terms, Presbyterian, p. 12, ISBN 978-0-664-22810-1, [T]heories of the apocatastasis usually involve the expectation that in the end all, including the devil, will be saved.
^Akin, Daniel L (2007), A Theology for the Church, B&H, p. 878, ISBN 978-0-8054-2640-3, [Apocatastasis is] the idea that all things will be ultimately reconciled to God through Christ—including the damned in hell and even Satan and his demons.
^Timmerman, Christiane (2007), Faith-based Radicalism: Christianity, Islam and Judaism, p. 59, The usual view taken of Peter's use of the apokatastasis of "all things" is that it refers to the restoration of the Kingdom of Israel and/or the Garden of Eden and not "all things that ever existed."
^Craig Truglia (August 17, 2019). "Nicea II's Teaching on Eternal Damnation, Origen, and Apocatastasis".
Edward Moore, apokatastasis was first properly conceptualized in early Stoic thought, particularly by Chrysippus. The return (apokatastasis) of the planets...
Gorgias Press, 2013; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2021. The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis: A Critical Assessment from the New Testament To Eriugena. Brill, 2013...
instrumental in bringing renewed attention to the Orthodox doctrine of apokatastasis, which had largely been neglected since it was expounded by Maximus...
Ramelli: The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis (Brill 2013), pp. 433-4 Ramelli, Ilaria (2008). "The Debate on Apokatastasis in Pagan and Christian Platonists:...
Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis, A Critical Assessment from the New Testament to Eriugena, Ilaria L.E. Ramelli argues that apokatastasis (restoration) is...
Reinstatement of Order (Greek: Μονάδες Αποκατάστασης Τάξης, Monades Apokatastasis Taksis, MAT) are a special division of the Hellenic Police, whose primary...
universal reconciliation of all immortal souls in their understanding of apokatastasis, Hanson's conclusion about Pantaenus lacks a firm basis. "Orthodox Calendar...
scripture, his Logos-theology and pneumatology, his apparent belief in apokatastasis, the relationship between his thought and non-Christian philosophy,...
of the divine spirit, reason, and angels. It affirms the heresy of apokatastasis. Book Two describes the world of man, including the incarnation of the...
As a theologian among the Church Fathers who articulated a theory of apokatastasis (or universal reconciliation), Origen of Alexandria provides a more...
sorrow and pain." Moreover, Orthodoxy includes a prevalent tradition of apokatastasis, or the restoration of all things in the end. This has been taught most...
2011-04-02. Bray. God Has Spoken. p. 202. Ramelli. The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis. pp. 119–136. Sarton, George (1936). "The Unity and Diversity of the...
Ilaria (9 August 2013). Ilaria Ramelli, The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis: A Critical Assessment from the New Testament to Eriugena (Brill 2013)...
priests. Demetrius also alleged that Origen had taught an extreme form of apokatastasis, which held that all beings, including even Satan himself, would eventually...
reconciliation.[a] Some listed by those writers may have simply believed in apokatastasis in the Jewish or early Christian sense, without any expectation that...
that Bardaisan may have been one of the first Christian supporters of apokatastasis (universal restoration), citing especially the following passage in...
endorses universal reconciliation as the orthodox understanding of apokatastasis. Late 19th-century universalist historians Hosea Ballou II and J. W...
2017-11-22. Retrieved 2017-12-17. See Ramelli, The Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis, and A Larger Hope. "The Salvation Conspiracy: How Hell Became Eternal...
according to St. Maximos the Confessor] (Athens: 1975), pp. 180–196 "Apokatastasis Archived 2006-06-20 at archive.today" Theandros: An Online Journal of...
of Jesus Christ (exclusivism). Christianity portal Annihilationism Apokatastasis Catechetical School of Alexandria Divinization (Christian) Essence–energies...
Lamb (1939). It is in The Bride of the Lamb that Bulgakov argues for apokatastasis. Bulgakov states that humankind will "ultimately be justified." He also...
Date of the Antikythera Mechanism after the Saros spiral mechanical Apokatastasis". arXiv:2203.15045 [physics.hist-ph]. Marchant, Jo (30 November 2006)...
" Theological Studies. 54 (December 1993), p. 632. David L. Balas, "Apokatastasis" in The Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, second edition, ed. Everett...
close to endorsing Christian universalism and the related doctrine of apokatastasis, that God will make all things perfect in the fullness of time. The...
Europe: A Cultural History, by Peter Rietbergen 1998, p.101 Myriobiblos Apokatastasis - In pre-Christian Stoic and Middle Platonic philosophy, this term referred...
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