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In Every Knee Should Bow, Steven Harmon explores the manner in which Clement of Alexandria (ca. 160-215 C.E.), Origen (ca. 185-ca. 251 C.E.), and Gregory of Nyssa (331/340-ca. 395 C.E.) appealed to Scripture in developing rationales for their concepts of apokatastasis, the hope that all rational creatures will ultimately be reconciled to God. Harmon argues that these patristic universalists maintained their hope for "a wideness in God's mercy" primarily because they believed this hope was the most coherent reading of the biblical story. Although Hellenistic thought might also have suggested an eschatology in which the end corresponds to the beginning, the eschatologies of these ancient Christian theologians were shaped mainly by the Hebrew story of creation, fall, redemption, and consummation, read through the lenses of the church's experience of God's saving work in the person of Jesus Christ. These early attempts to take seriously the biblical story's affirmations of the divine intention to save all people on the one hand, and of judgment and hell on the other, have a certain timeless relevance. In a context not unlike that of the late antique Christian world, the postmodern church again wrestles with these tensions in the biblical story in the midst of religious pluralism.
Contents
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Abbreviations Chapter 3 "They Employ These Testimonies:" Apokatastasis and Exegesis: Excursus: The Alexandrian Exegetical Tradition Chapter 4 "He Indeed Saves All:" Clement of Alexandria: Apokatastasis in the Thought of Clement of Alexandria: The Universal Restoration; The Nature and Duration of Punishment after Death; Apokatastasis and Exegesis: The Use of Scripture Chapter 5 "That God May Be All in All:" Origen: Apokatastasis in the Thought of Origen: The Universal Restoration; The Nature and Duration of Punishment after Death; Apokatastasis and Exegesis: The Use of Scripture in the Articulati Chapter 6 "Salvation Comes through Subjection:" Gregory of Nyssa: Apokatastasis in the Thought of Gregory of Nyssa: The Universal Restoration; The Nature and Duration of Punishment after Death; Apokatastasis and Exegesis: The Use of Chapter 7 "A More Subtle Understanding:" Conclusions: Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index of Ancient and Modern Authors; About the Author