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The theological doctrine that all people will eventually be saved
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universalism
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Wikipedia
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Universalism is a religious, theological, and philosophical concept with universal application or applicability. Universalist doctrines consider all people in their formation. In terms of religion, in a broad sense, universalism claims that religion is ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1805 in theology, "the doctrine of universal salvation," from universal (adj.) + -ism . Universalist "one who, professing the Christian faith, believes in the eventual redemption of all humanity" is attested from 1620s.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The state of being universal; universality. 2 The theological belief that all souls can attain salvation. 3 (rfc-sense) (alternative form of Unitarian Universalism English)
WordNet
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n. the theological doctrine that all people will eventually be saved
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Universalism \U`ni*ver"sal*ism\, n. [Cf. F. universalisme.] (Theol.) The doctrine or belief that all men will be saved, or made happy, in the future state.
Usage examples of universalism.
Nevertheless, science has progressed together with the ideology of scientific materialism that does embody a number of sacrosanct theories and a priori statements, namely the principles of objectivism, monism, universalism, reductionism, the closure principle, and physicalism.
Unitarianism, Swedenborgianism, and Universalism mingled in happy fraternity.
This metaphysical principle is closely conjoined with another belief, known as universalism, which asserts that natural, quantifiable, regular laws govern the course of events in the universe uniformly throughout all of space and time.