Abstract: This chapter seeks to explore the relationship between pre-existence and restoration in Origen's soteriology. It considers how eschatology and protology are mutually self-determining in the Son. It does this by charting the journey of the soul in Origen's theology from pre-existence to restoration, considering the connection between Origen's two highly controversial doctrines of pre-existence and apokatastasis. It is considered that this connection is the foundation for speaking about Origen's soteriology, and marks Origen's way of discussing the chief concern of philosophy contemporary to him — the question of the relationship between God and humanity in providence. A special focus is Origen's notion of varied participation in the Logos which provides the means for particularity within a universalist schema. The material contained here will be developed creatively and formatively for the question of universal salvation in Chapter 4.

Keywords: Origen, apokatastasis, pre-existence, soul, restoration, varied participation, particularity, soteriology,