St . Cyprian ( d . 258 ) and Gregory of Nyssa, were unorthodox on individual points; the former in regard to the baptism of heretics, the latter in the matter of apocatastasis.
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Its expansion was described as Zeus turning his thoughts outwards, resulting in the creation of the material cosmos, and its contraction, the " apocatastasis ", as Zeus returning to self-contemplation.
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As indicated above, the position of Origen ( 186 284 ) is disputed, with works as recent as the New Westminster Dictionary of Church History presenting him as speculating that the apocatastasis would involve universal salvation.
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Regarding salvation, Maximus has been described as a proponent of " apocatastasis " or universal reconciliation, the idea that all rational souls will eventually be redeemed, like Origen and St . Gregory of Nyssa.
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Since " apocatastasis " had been used earlier in writers commenting on Peter's use in the New Testament, the form of " apocatastasis " condemned in 543 and 553 was a later development.
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Since " apocatastasis " had been used earlier in writers commenting on Peter's use in the New Testament, the form of " apocatastasis " condemned in 543 and 553 was a later development.
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The Anathema against apocatastasis, or more accurately, against the belief that hell is not eternal, was not ratified despite support from the Emperor, and it is absent from the Anathemas spoken against Origen at Constantinople II.
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The Emperor Justinian denied apocatastasis, making it the ninth of the ten doctrines in his edict against Origen in 545, and later that year, the doctrine was the fourteenth of the fifteen at the council in Constantinople that condemned Origen.
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Some of Gregory's theological writings suggest that, like his friend Gregory of Nyssa, he may have supported some form of the doctrine of apocatastasis, the belief that God will bring all of creation into harmony with the Kingdom of Heaven.
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In early Christian theological usage " apocatastasis " meant the ultimate restoration of all things to their original state, which early exponents believed would still entail a purgatorial state, Both Origen and Gregory of Nyssa hoped that all creatures would be saved.
