The restoration of all things
Doctrine · On the last things · c. 230–553
The punishment of the wicked and of the demons has an end, and all rational creatures are at last restored.
Set aside by the anathemas attached to Constantinople II, three centuries after Origen's death. The dataset holds the condemnation and does not settle whether the proposition as anathematized is the one Origen taught.
Held it
- 230 — Origen (Holds). Is charged three centuries later with teaching that the punishment of the wicked has an end. Attributed by the Second Council of Constantinople. The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Constantinople II (553), the anathemas against Origen, anathema 9
Refused it
- 553 — The Second Council of Constantinople (Anathematizes). Anathematizes the restoration of the demons and of impious men. The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Constantinople II (553), the anathemas against Origen, anathema 9
In the disputes
- The Origenist dispute Three centuries after his death, propositions circulating under Origen's name — the pre-existence of souls, the restoration of all things — were anathematized by name at Constantinople.
First stated in this form after The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) · Constantinople II (553), the anathemas against Origen, anathema 9.