Recapitulation in Origen and Gregory of Nyssa
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This article examines the notion of recapitulation (_Anakephaléosis_) in the eschatological thought of Origen and Gregory of Nyssa, two theologians whose intellectual kinship does not preclude profound doctrinal divergences. The study adopts a comparative and analytical approach, drawing on the original texts of both authors. The central idea is that the two thinkers interpret this concept in radically different ways: in Origen, recapitulation designates a return to the origin, with the _logikoi_ reintegrating the Logos from which they emerged; in Gregory of Nyssa, it constitutes an absolute novelty, the fruit of the Incarnation, successively encompassing humanity as individual, humanity as a whole, and the entire cosmos. The theological contribution of the article lies in its demonstration of two structurally opposed eschatologies: a circular eschatology in Origen and a linear, creative eschatology in Gregory, heir to both Irenaeus of Lyon and Origenism.
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