Title: The Christian doctrine of apokatastasis : a critical assessment from the New Testament to Eriugena /
Authors: Ramelli, Ilaria, 1973-
Year: 2013
Subjects: Origen; Soteriologie.; Literatur; Frühchristentum.; Apokatastasis.; Restorationism History of doctrines.; Apokatastasis (The Greek word)
Abstract: "The theory of apokatastasis (restoration), most famously defended by the Alexandrian exegete, philosopher and theologian Origen, has its roots in both Greek philosophy and Jewish-Christian Scriptures and literature, and became a major theologico-soteriological doctrine in patristics. This monograph—the first comprehensive, systematic scholarly study of the history of the Christian apokatastasis doctrine—argues its presence and Christological and Biblical foundation in numerous Christian thinkers, including Syriac, and analyses its origins, meaning, and development over eight centuries, from the New Testament to Eriugena, the last patristic philosopher"--Back cover.
Contents: The roots of the doctrine of apokatastasis -- Origen’s first followers in Alexandria and the East, and his first “detractors” -- Origen’s apologists and followers, the Cappadocians, Evagrius, the Antiochenes, and fourth-century Latin Origenians -- From Augustine to Eriugena. Latin, Greek and Syriac receptions of Origen's apokatastasis theory -- By way of conclusion : the main features of the Christian apokatastasis theory from New Testament to Eriugena, and its theological significance.