Literary notes about apocatastasis (AI summary)
In literature, apocatastasis is invoked as a transformative concept that bridges divine intention and human destiny. It is often tied to Pauline theology, suggesting not only a restoration from eternal punishment [1] but also a final solidarity or beatific union among humankind [2][3]. Some authors extend its meaning to encompass a complete reversal or a "progress backwards" in which even matter is transcended by its humanizing or divinizing power [4][5]. The term, deeply rooted in early theological thought and exemplified by Origen's ideas [6], is celebrated as both a cosmic rule of action and an inspiring beacon that challenges conventional eschatological visions [7][8][9].
- What else but this is that atrocity of the eternal pains of hell, which agrees so ill with the Pauline apocatastasis?
— from Tragic Sense Of Life by Miguel de Unamuno - This splendid dream of the final solidarity of mankind is the Pauline anacefaleosis and apocatastasis.
— from Tragic Sense Of Life by Miguel de Unamuno - We will discuss this more fully, however, in the next chapter on the apocatastasis or beatific union.
— from Tragic Sense Of Life by Miguel de Unamuno - Dr. Leonard Marsh, of the University of Vermont, published, in 1854, a treatise called The Apocatastasis , or Progress Backwards .
— from Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Andrew Lang - And does not this apocatastasis, this humanization or divinization of all things, do away with matter?
— from Tragic Sense Of Life by Miguel de Unamuno - An enthusiastic admirer of Origen, he also shared many of his eccentric views, e.g. Apocatastasis, pre-existence of the soul, etc.
— from Church History, Volume 1 (of 3) by J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz - And what is this cosmic dream of Bonnefon's but the plastic representation of the Pauline apocatastasis?
— from Tragic Sense Of Life by Miguel de Unamuno - Let us return to the Pauline apocatastasis.
— from Tragic Sense Of Life by Miguel de Unamuno - The apocatastasis is more than a mystical dream: it is a rule of action, it is a beacon beckoning us to high exploits.
— from Tragic Sense Of Life by Miguel de Unamuno
