Good morning. I was surprised at which point has received the most push back from your readers! For me, the idea of apokatastasis was the hardest to wrap my head around. A quick web search revealed quite a lot of condemnation of that train of thought, mostly as the province of those who teach "once saved, always saved". But that does not seem to be what Maximus was saying, is it? I would appreciate some more exploration of that point if you have the time and inclination.
The two points are not the same. The fall at the instant of creation is sometimes called "meta historical" fall because it happens "before" time/space and I believe can be reconcialed with eternal conscius torment or annihilationism. On the other topic, about Apokatastasis, some people defend that Maximus was a universalist, others disagree. About Maximus and universalism you could see Fr Aidan (Alvin) Kimel blog, it is in the pro universalist view of Maximus.
Caution: humanity has no view yet of the past prior to 300 million past the proposed beginning of what we think of as the universe. Neither do we know how to account for, about, 80% of what the universe is. We cannot yet say we know what creation is, let alone how it started. The foundations of our experience of what we presume is the universe are far from known. The theological discussion on this topic are not too unlike talking about how the earth was formed by extrapolating based on a single bolder in your backyard garden. Too soon!
Good morning. I was surprised at which point has received the most push back from your readers! For me, the idea of apokatastasis was the hardest to wrap my head around. A quick web search revealed quite a lot of condemnation of that train of thought, mostly as the province of those who teach "once saved, always saved". But that does not seem to be what Maximus was saying, is it? I would appreciate some more exploration of that point if you have the time and inclination.
The two points are not the same. The fall at the instant of creation is sometimes called "meta historical" fall because it happens "before" time/space and I believe can be reconcialed with eternal conscius torment or annihilationism. On the other topic, about Apokatastasis, some people defend that Maximus was a universalist, others disagree. About Maximus and universalism you could see Fr Aidan (Alvin) Kimel blog, it is in the pro universalist view of Maximus.
Caution: humanity has no view yet of the past prior to 300 million past the proposed beginning of what we think of as the universe. Neither do we know how to account for, about, 80% of what the universe is. We cannot yet say we know what creation is, let alone how it started. The foundations of our experience of what we presume is the universe are far from known. The theological discussion on this topic are not too unlike talking about how the earth was formed by extrapolating based on a single bolder in your backyard garden. Too soon!