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apokatastasis

apokatastasis

9.9
A belief that all souls will finally return to God and be saved
  • noun
  • /ˌæpəˈkætəˌsteɪsɪs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : apocatástasis
  • The idea of apokatastasis suggests that there will be a universal restoration of all souls after judgment.

Examples

  • According to some religious teachings, apokatastasis provides hope that even the most lost souls can find salvation.

  • See his Dare We Hope "That All Men be Saved"? with A Short Discourse on Hell and Apokatastasis: Universal Reconciliation (San Francisco: Ignatius, 1988) 58-62.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Many theologians discuss the concept of apokatastasis, emphasizing the belief that all souls will ultimately be reconciled with God.

Synonyms

universalism
vsapokatastasis
1 9.6

The belief that everyone will eventually be saved

speaks about souls being restored to salvation or harmony with God
apocatastasis
vsapokatastasis
  • Specialized
9.9

A belief that every soul will one day return to a perfect state

focuses on souls returning to salvation or harmony with a deity

Antonyms

damnation
  • Literature
38 9.4

Being punished forever after death for sins

Surface Forms

apokatastasis singular
apokatastases plural

Etymology

Apokatastasis comes from Greek parts apo- ('back') and -stasis ('standing', like the English word 'stand'). That idea of 'putting back into place' is why the word is used for the religious belief that all souls will one day be 'restored' to harmony with God.