Acts 3:19-21 and apokatastasis

[ionelv]

Apparently, Origen and Gregory of Nyssa supported apokatastasis to mean universal salvation. These are the NT passages from KJV that support their view:

19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.

20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you.

21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.

Of course, many view the above interpretation as too charitable.

Comments

[jsburbidge]

See Jo Walton's Lent for a fictional treatment and Hans Urs von Balthasar's Dare We Hope That All Men Be Saved? for a survey.

[ionelv]

I am not familiar with either of these, but on a related note, I always found the whole idea of Hell a major bug in the two major Judaism forks even if their adherents see it as a feature.