This essay reconstructs the visions of universal salvation both in Origen and Karl Barth. It describes their respective notions of creation, salvation and consummation and how these concepts are related to the Logos, respectively Jesus Christ. For Origen, it points to the restitution of everything (apokatastasis) as a consequence his understanding of the coincidence of end and beginning, while for Barth it draws on his doctrine of election as the pivotal axis of his theology. It identifies as the main diversity the different ontological foundations of both thinkers, but points to analogies in their sense and appreciation of diversity and in their views of the calling of the church. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]