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Apocatastasis (Universal Restoration)

The daring hope that in the end all will be restored to God

Apocatastasis is the hope or doctrine that all rational beings will finally be restored to God and saved, associated with Origen and Gregory of Nyssa. Traditions differ sharply: it was condemned in connection with Origenism in 553, and while some hold it as a hope, most traditions reject it as settled dogma. It is best described as a contested hope rather than an agreed teaching.

How it traveled

  1. On the Soul and the Resurrection
    Nyssa · 395
    explains
  2. The Apology of Rufinus. Addressed to Apronianus, in Reply to Jerome's Letter to Pammachius
    Aquileia · 411
    explains
  3. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
    challenges

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