No limiar da heterodoxia

: a apocatástase na obra de Orígenes

Abstract

Interpreted as a triumphalist Christian doctrine, the theological hypothesis of Apocatastasis was, since the beginning, under the shadow of heterodoxy, until it was ultimately proclaimed as one of the great chapters in the history of Heresies, at the Fifth Ecumenical Council Constantinople II. Theorized by Origen, it was read and re-read in the light of the pre-existence of souls – its correlate – and subordinated to a supposed origenian obstinacy with the eschatological return of the cosmos to its chronological principle. The subtle tension between its postulates – the inviolability of free-will and the real capacity of the Trinity to fulfill its universal salvific purpose – would eventually be crushed by the idea of a divine imposition upon Creature’s will, which would end up hampering the genius of its intuition. Rather than a return to a protological state, it proclaims
the excellence of the event of Redemption in Christ, through which the Historia Salutis is revealed as a progressive journey from image to likeness, culminating in the eschatological unity that Apocatastasis ensures: God, all in all.

Date of Award	13 Dec 2023
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Isidro Lamelas (Supervisor)