apocatastasis

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[ap-oh-kuh-tas-tuh-sis]

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noun

the state of being restored or reestablished; restitution.
the doctrine that Satan and all sinners will ultimately be restored to God.

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Other Word Forms

apocatastatic adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of apocatastasis¹

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

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APOCATASTASIS, a Greek word, meaning “re-establishment,” used as a technical scientific term for a return to a previous position or condition.

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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?

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This splendid dream of the final solidarity of mankind is the Pauline anacefaleosis and apocatastasis.

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

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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.

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apocarpous apocenter

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