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Category Archives: Eschatology
If God is going to deify everyone anyway, why not deify everyone immediately?
by David Bentley Hart Frankly, Al, I find the question very strange. In part, because its premise is an absolute banality: that life is a kind of contest, played within the arbitrary constraints of the clock, at the end of … Continue reading
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Tagged creation, David Hart, eschatology, evil, God, good, human being, sin, theodicy
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When Hell Becomes Dogma: The Closing of the Catholic Mind
My working principle: once eternal damnation is accepted by an ecclesial community as dogmatically binding, three things happen: Holy Scripture and the patristic tradition will be read through the dogma. Preaching and theological speculation will be governed by this dogma, … Continue reading
Universalism’s Convenientia
by Paul J. Griffiths Among the criteria that theologians use to determine what to say next and how to say it – to know how to go on in theology, that is – is appeal to convenientia.1 Fittingness, that is, … Continue reading
Dwarfs for the Dwarfs: Can Aslan Pierce our Infernal Deafness?
If the greater hope is to be fulfilled, then it must be possible for those who die in a state of mortal sin—and thus outside of Christ Jesus—to repent of their sins and turn to God in faith. Yet how … Continue reading
Is Post-Mortem Repentance Possible for Mortal Sinners?
Roman Catholic theology has traditionally held that all who die in mortal sin are eternally condemned and beyond repentance. Thus the Catholic Catechism: “To die in mortal sin without repenting and accepting God’s merciful love means remaining separated from him … Continue reading
Universal Salvation and Consensus in Medieval Islam
A fascinating and instructive lecture by Dr Jon Hoover on a debate among medieval scholars on the question of universal salvation. Viewers will discover that it is not irrelevant to present-day Christian discussions of this question.
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“God, Creation, and Evil” by David Bentley Hart
Readers of Eclectic Orthodoxy are well acquainted with David Hart’s 2015 Notre Dame lecture. I have read the written version of the lecture on multiple occasions, but have only listened to it once. It’s a powerful address, both in its … Continue reading
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Preaching Good Good Very Good News: Proclamation, Liturgy, Kingdom
Preach the gospel in the performative mode of unconditional promise—let’s call this the proclamatory rule of the gospel. It comes into play when the gospel-speaker is declaring the good news of Jesus Christ to one or more individuals, with the … Continue reading
