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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

Key passages(20)

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The Bride of the Lamb · Sergei Bulgakov

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On the Soul and the Resurrection — On the Soul and the Resurrection. — part 13↗explains

On the Soul and the Resurrection · Gregory of Nyssa

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The Apology of Rufinus. Addressed to Apronianus, in Reply to Jerome's Letter to Pammachius — Book I — part 11↗challenges

The Apology of Rufinus. Addressed to Apronianus, in Reply to Jerome's Letter to Pammachius · Rufinus of Aquileia

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The Fifth Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Constantinople — The Anathematisms of the Emperor Justinian Against Origen.↗challenges

The Fifth Ecumenical Council. The Second Council of Constantinople · The Ecumenical Councils

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A Work on the Proceedings of Pelagius — Pelagius’ Answer Examined. On Origen’s Error Concerning the Non-Eternity of the Punishment of the Devil and the Damned.↗challenges

A Work on the Proceedings of Pelagius · Augustine of Hippo

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Acts 3:21↗explains

Acts · Luke the Evangelist

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City of God — Of the eternal punishment of the wicked in hell, and of the various objections urged against it. — Against Those Who are of Opinion that the Punishment Neither of the Devil Nor of Wicked Men Shall Be Eternal.↗challenges

City of God · Augustine of Hippo

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City of God — Of the eternal punishment of the wicked in hell, and of the various objections urged against it. — Of Those Who Fancy that No Men Shall Be Punished Eternally.↗challenges

City of God · Augustine of Hippo

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The Apology of Rufinus. Addressed to Apronianus, in Reply to Jerome's Letter to Pammachius — Book I — part 14↗applies

The Apology of Rufinus. Addressed to Apronianus, in Reply to Jerome's Letter to Pammachius · Rufinus of Aquileia

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City of God — Of the creation of angels and men, and of the origin of evil. — Of the Impiety of Those Who Assert that the Souls Which Enjoy True and Perfect Blessedness, Must Yet Again and Again in These Periodic Revolutions Return to Labor and Misery.↗challenges

City of God · Augustine of Hippo

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City of God — Of the creation of angels and men, and of the origin of evil. — What Defence is Made by Sound Faith Regarding God’s Unchangeable Counsel and Will, Against the Reasonings of Those Who Hold that the Works of God are Eternally Repeated in Revolving Cycles that Restore All Things as They Were.↗challenges

City of God · Augustine of Hippo

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Jerome's Apology for Himself Against the Books of Rufinus — Book I — part 8↗challenges

Jerome's Apology for Himself Against the Books of Rufinus · Rufinus of Aquileia

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The Letters of St. Jerome — From Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis, in Cyprus, to John, Bishop of Jerusalem. — part 1↗challenges

The Letters of St. Jerome · Jerome

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City of God — Of the creation of angels and men, and of the origin of evil. — Of the Revolution of the Ages, Which Some Philosophers Believe Will Bring All Things Round Again, After a Certain Fixed Cycle, to the Same Order and Form as at First.↗challenges

City of God · Augustine of Hippo

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On the Making of Man — On the Making of Man. — part 17↗explains

On the Making of Man · Gregory of Nyssa

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On the Morals of the Manichæans — The Goodness of God Prevents Corruption from Bringing Anything to Non-Existence. The Difference Between Creating and Forming.↗challenges

On the Morals of the Manichæans · Augustine of Hippo

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The Apology of Rufinus. Addressed to Apronianus, in Reply to Jerome's Letter to Pammachius — Book I — part 13↗challenges

The Apology of Rufinus. Addressed to Apronianus, in Reply to Jerome's Letter to Pammachius · Rufinus of Aquileia

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The Apology of Rufinus. Addressed to Apronianus, in Reply to Jerome's Letter to Pammachius — Book I — part 3↗applies

The Apology of Rufinus. Addressed to Apronianus, in Reply to Jerome's Letter to Pammachius · Rufinus of Aquileia

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The Letters of St. Jerome — To Avitus. — part 3↗challenges

The Letters of St. Jerome · Jerome

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On the Soul and the Resurrection — On the Soul and the Resurrection. — part 12↗challenges

On the Soul and the Resurrection · Gregory of Nyssa

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