apocatastasis

American  

[ap-oh-kuh-tas-tuh-sis] / ˌæp oʊ kəˈtæs tə sɪs /

Or apokatastasis

noun

1. the state of being restored or reestablished; restitution.

2. the doctrine that Satan and all sinners will ultimately be restored to God.

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Other Word Forms

• apocatastatic adjective

Etymology

Origin of apocatastasis

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

Example Sentences

We will discuss this more fully, however, in the next chapter on the apocatastasis or beatific union.

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)

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

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)

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

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)

It may be said, on the other hand, that the apocatastasis, God's coming to be all in all, presupposes that there was a time when He was not all in all.

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)

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

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)