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The Christian doctrine of apokatastasis. A critical assessment from the New Testament to Eriugena . By Ilaria L. E. Ramelli . (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, 120.) Pp. xx + 890. Leiden-Boston : Brill , 2013. [euro]249. 978 90 04 24509 9 ; 0920 623X
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Ilaria Ramelli has devoted a large part of her career to studying the concept of apokatastasis pantÅn - the 'restoration of all things' - and this is part of the fruits of her extensive research. As the introduction and conclusion make clear, she is interested in modern dogmatic and philosophical debates on the question; furthermore, it becomes clear that her energetic discussion of the evidence is driven by a conviction that the apokatastasis is indeed a Christian doctrine. Nevertheless,...