apocatastasis

noun

ap·​o·​ca·​tas·​ta·​sis

variants or apokatastasis

¦apəkəˈtastəsə̇s

plural apocatastases or apokatastases

-əˌsēz

: restitution, restoration

especially : the doctrine of the final restoration of all sinful beings to God and to the state of blessedness compare universalism

apocatastatic

¦apəˌkatə¦statik

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek apokatastasis, literally restitution, recovery, from apo- + katastasis restoration, condition

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