Ancient Christianity

thumb|An anchorite's cell in Holy Trinity Church, Skipton thumb|Christine Carpenter (anchoress)|Christine Carpenter was walled in to a cell in St James's Church in [[Shere, Surrey.]] thumb|The Anchorite (1881), by Teodor Axentowicz

In theology, apokatastasis (, also spelled apocatastasis) is the restoration of creation to a condition of perfection. In Christianity, the term refers to a form of Christian universalism, often associated with Origen, that includes the ultimate salvation of everyone, including the damned and the Devil. The New Testament (Acts 3:21), speaks of the "apokatastasis of all things". The dogmatic status of apokatastasis is disputed, and some orthodox fathers such as Gregory of Nyssa taught apokatastasis and were never condemned.

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selection of popes before 1059

period of Christianity (180 - 313 CE)

English translations of pseudepigrapha and apocryphon