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The Politico-Dogmatic Stage of the Apocatastasis’ Condemnation. Post-synodal Perspectives
The Politico-Dogmatic Stage of the Apocatastasis’ Condemnation. Post-synodal Perspectives

Author(s): Alexandru Lazăr
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology
Published by: Editura Universității Aurel Vlaicu
Keywords: Apocatastasis; Christian universalism; universal salvation; final judgment; eschatology;

Summary/Abstract: The Holy Scripture distinguishes clearly the ever-lasting penalty, but there are scriptural texts that can be interpreted in the direction of apocastasis. Based on what has already been mentioned, Origen created under the regime of orientative theological hypotheses, without expectations of it being a dogma, the theory of apocastasis with debatable Platonic nuances and with more evident universal accents. Saint Gregory of Nyssa develops unequivocally the thesis of universal damnation, though purifying it of any pantheist or spiritual element. He expresses his hope on the unspoken secret of necessary restoration of each conscious creature’s liberty. The Church wholeheartedly condemned the later teachings, which have been exhorted the coming back of everyone in the state of pure spirits After the fifth Ecumenical Synod, the ideas regarding the ideas that suggest the Apocatastasis surpass into a more esoteric register, and it develops the antinomian and apophatic facade.

  • Issue Year: 92/2022
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 136-154
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English