Orí as center of personal destiny

What it is: Orí is a central concept of Yoruba religion and philosophy, related to the visible head and the invisible dimension of personal destiny.

How the tradition understands it: The orí participates in character, direction of life, and relation between person, choice, and realization.

Textual basis and context: The theme appears in myths, proverbs, Yoruba philosophy, and ritual practices.

Objections and debates: Its translation to Western categories such as "soul", "destiny", or "self" is always partial.

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Apocatastasis and universal salvation

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Apocatastasis proposes final restoration of all things.

Reference: Origin of the doctrine of apocatastasis in Origen and its later reception.
Content: The doctrine proposes that, in the end, all creatures will be restored to God, including the devil; was condemned by the Fifth Ecumenical Council but remained as theological speculation.
Use in debate: Source to discuss universalism, hell, and hope of salvation.

Limbo in Catholic theology

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Limbo is theological hypothesis about destiny of unbaptized.

Reference: Studies on the history of the doctrine of limbo.
Content: Limbo was never defined as dogma; emerged as theological hypothesis to address destiny of unbaptized children and virtuous non-Christians; contemporary theology tends to abandon it.
Use in debate: Source to discuss soteriology, salvation, and theological evolution.