单词 | apocatastasis |
释义 | apocatastasisn. rare. 1. Restoration, re-establishment, renovation. spec. in Theology (see quot. 1957). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [noun] > renovation or renewal renewinga1398 renovation?a1475 renovelty1477 renewc1500 renewance1569 renewment1570 renewal1603 repair1637 apocatastasis1678 rehabilitation1830 redevelopment1882 face-lifting1937 rehabbing1968 evergreening1972 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > doctrine of salvation > [noun] > apocatastasis apocatastasis1867 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Julius Firmicus in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 328 A Tradition..concerning the Apocatastasis of the World..partly by Inundation and partly by Conflagration. 1867 R. E. Wallis tr. F. J. Delitzsch Syst. Biblical Psychol. vii. 552 No doctrine..contradicts the Holy Scripture in a more unwarrantable manner than that of the so-called Apokatastasis. 1956 Sc. Jrnl. Theol. 9 242 All of this is not to infer a doctrine of apokatastasis. 1957 F. L. Cross Oxf. Dict. Christian Church 67/2 Apocatastasis, the Greek name..for the doctrine that ultimately all free moral creatures—angels, men, and devils—will share in the grace of salvation. 2. Pathology. Return to a previous condition. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [noun] > stage of disease > return to previous condition apocatastasis1753 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. We read of Apocatastasis or urine..of tumours, and other diseases. 1880 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Apocatastasis, The subsidence of a tumour, or the re-establishment of an exudation or secretion. 3. Astronomy. Return to the same apparent position, completion of period of revolution. (So in Greek.) ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > [noun] > movement in orbit > complete passage > completion of passage apocatastasis1822 1822 T. Taylor tr. Apuleius Metamorphosis i. 33 (note) The accurate apocatastasis (i.e. regression to the same sign) of the moon, and in a similar manner of the sun. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1678 |
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