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Apokatastasis

The final restoration of all things to God, taught by Origen and Gregory of Nyssa.

Also: universal restoration

Christian mysticism

Apokatastasis, restoration, is the hope that in the end all creatures, perhaps even the devil, will be restored to union with God. Origen taught a form of it, and Gregory of Nyssa spoke of God becoming all in all. Origen’s teaching was later condemned, but the hope has recurred in Christian thought.