apocatastasis noun5 •(rare) Restoration, renovation, reestablishment •(rare) The doctrine that all souls will enter heaven or paradise, (Christianity) an Origenist doctrine condemned by the 543 C.E. Synod of Constantinople.No doctrine...contradicts the Holy Scripture in a more unwarrantable manner than that of the so-called Apokatastasis. — 1867 •(rare) Return to an earlier condition.We read of Apocatastasis or urine...of tumours, and other diseases. — 1753 •(rare) Return to the same apparent position, as after a revolution.The accurate apocatastasis (i.e. regression to the same sign) of the moon, and in a similar manner of the sun. — 1822 •(rare) An apocalypse leading to the remaking of the world rather than a Final Judgment, (Christianity) an Origenist doctrine condemned by the 543 C.E. Synod of Constantinople. formsapocatastases