" Among the first explicit accusations leveled against Origen by these authors, even though some do deal with eschatological issues, none is directed against his apokatastasis doctrine, or at least none is against the eventual universal restoration of all humans. They were well aware that Origen's core doctrine was that of the eventual restoration of all human beings, but they did not criticize this (they limited themselves to counter the claim of the final salvation of the devil), very probably because, as Basil attests […], still at the end of the fourth century a great many Christians believed in the final apokatastasis of all humans. (577) "
― Ilaria Ramelli , Christian Doctrine of Apokatastasis: A Critical Assessment from the New Testament to Eriugena
![Ilaria Ramelli quote : Among the first explicit accusations leveled against Origen by these authors, even though some do deal with eschatological issues, none is directed against his apokatastasis doctrine, or at least none is against the eventual universal restoration of all humans. They were well aware that Origen's core doctrine was that of the eventual restoration of all human beings, but they did not criticize this (they limited themselves to counter the claim of the final salvation of the devil), very probably because, as Basil attests […], still at the end of the fourth century a great many Christians believed in the final apokatastasis of all humans. (577)](/image/1041899.jpg)