apokatastasis

Semantic range

1. 1restoration of something to its original condition
2. 2in medicine: the setting of a bone
3. 3in astronomy: the return of a body to its former position

Acts 3:21 is the one occurrence in the New Testament, and it is decisive for Latter-day Saints: the heavens must receive Christ "until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began."

Restitution, not reform. The word implies putting back what was there before, which is precisely the claim the Restoration makes — that authority, ordinances, scripture and organisation were returned rather than reinvented. Peter's sermon places that restitution before the Second Coming, and Revelation 14:6–7 shows an angel flying with the everlasting gospel to preach to every nation.

See also

• ἀποστασίαapostasia
• οἰκονομίαoikonomia
• εὐαγγέλιονeuangelion