Monthly Archives: April 2023

Kronen & Reitan: Naturally Ordered to Beatific Vision

Posted on 28 April 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

In their book God’s Final Victory, philosophers John Kronen and Eric Reitan defend an argument for universal salvation based on the Divine Complacent Love. Critical to the argument is the claim that human beings are naturally ordered to union with … Continue reading →

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The Difference Between God’s Permission of Temporal Evils and His Permission of Everlasting Suffering

Posted on 27 April 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Eric Reitan, Ph.D. There is a big difference (in fact, an infinitely large one) between a finite evil (even one as horrific as the Holocaust) and an infinite one. Such an infinitely large difference is likely to make a … Continue reading →

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Kronen and Reitan: An Argument from Divine Complacent Love

Posted on 25 April 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

In their book God’s Final Victory, philosophers John Kronen and Eric Reitan present an argument for universal salvation based on the efficacious grace of God. They lay it out in five steps: It is always possible for God to extend to … Continue reading →

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Kronen & Reitan: An Argument from Divine Benevolence

Posted on 22 April 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

In their book God’s Final Victory, philosophers John Kronen and Eric Reitan present an argument for universal salvation based on the efficacious grace of God. They lay it out in five steps: It is always possible for God to extend to … Continue reading →

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Kronen & Reitan: Is Efficacious Grace Immoral?

Posted on 20 April 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Assume for the moment God has the power to effectively convert all sinners to himself through the gift of efficacious, or irresistible, grace. But before universalists begin their celebrations, an important question must first be answered: Would it be moral … Continue reading →

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“What can still be called death after I have died my death?”

Posted on 19 April 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

I am the resurrection and the life, but not as the world knows them: that decaying cycle of springs and autumns, that millstone of melancholy, that aping of eternal life. All the world’s living and dying, taken together, are one … Continue reading →

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Kronen & Reitan: Efficacious Grace as Lobotomy

Posted on 17 April 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

In their book God’s Final Victory, philosophers John Kronen and Eric Reitan present an argument for universal salvation based on the efficacious grace of God. They lay it out in five steps: It is always possible for God to extend to … Continue reading →

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Kronen & Reitan: The Argument from Efficacious Grace

Posted on 16 April 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

In their book God’s Final Victory, philosophers John Kronen and Eric Reitan present an argument for universal salvation based on the efficacious grace of God. They lay it out in five steps: It is always possible for God to extend to … Continue reading →

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