Scholar

Origen

c.184–253 CE · Early church father associated with universal salvation (apocatastasis).

Biography

Origen was an early Christian theologian who held apocatastasis — the eventual reconciliation of all beings to God — a view later condemned but still influential on universalism.

Key Ideas

  • Apocatastasis (universal salvation).
  • Allegorical reading of scripture.

Topics Appearing In

Exam Importance

Cite for universalism in debates about hell in Death and the Afterlife.