apocatastasis

or ap·o·ka·tas·ta·sis

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

noun

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

Other Words From

• ap·o·cat·a·stat·ic [ap-, uh, -kat-, uh, -, stat, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of apocatastasis¹

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

Example Sentences

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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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 does not this apocatastasis, this humanization or divinization of all things, do away with matter?

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Let us return to the Pauline apocatastasis.

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Or may it not rather be that, starting from chaos, from absolute unconsciousness, in the eternity of the past, we continually approach the apocatastasis or final apotheosis without ever reaching it?

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