Category Archives: Eschatology

St Maximus the Universalist?

Posted on 2 April 2020 by

By Mark Chenoweth “There was no universalist saint after the fifth ecumenical council (553 CE) because it con­demned universalism as heresy!” Although this exact sentence has never been uttered ver­batim (as far as I am aware), many popular websites certainly … Continue reading →

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Apprehending Apokatastasis: The Necessary Choosing of the Good

Posted on 13 March 2020 by

Every human being is divinely ordered to God under the aspects of the transcendentals of being—the Truth, the Good, and the Beautiful. We hunger and thirst for union with him, for only in him can we enjoy supreme and overflowing … Continue reading →

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Apprehending Apokatastasis: Ravished by Irresistible Love

Posted on 10 March 2020 by

“No one can freely will the evil as evil; one can take the evil for the good, but that does not alter the prior transcendental orientation that wakens all desire. To see the good truly is to desire it insatiably; … Continue reading →

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Apprehending Apokastasis: Human Being is Absolute Desire for God

Posted on 6 March 2020 by

Finally and at long last, we arrive at David Bentley Hart’s fourth meditation in That All Shall Be Saved. This is my favorite chapter of the book. It certainly is the philosophically meatiest and most challenging, which is probably why … Continue reading →

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Apprehending Apokatastasis: Will You Weep for the Damned?

Posted on 25 February 2020 by

In his third meditation in That All Shall Be Saved, David Hart advances an argument that neatly rhymes with his espousal of St Gregory of Nyssa’s corporate understanding of the Incarnation: we are saved not as solitary individuals but only as … Continue reading →

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The Remarkable Unity of Rhetoric and Dialectic in ‘That All Shall Be Saved’

Posted on 23 February 2020 by

by Jordan Daniel Wood, Ph.D. I I had resolved to avoid, at all costs, making the substance of my reflection on David Hart’s That All Shall Be Saved about its rhetoric. Rhetoric features prominently among the main concerns of the … Continue reading →

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Apprehending Apokatastasis: The Vision of St Gregory of Nyssa

Posted on 16 February 2020 by

The greatest challenge for the preacher of the greater hope is to articulate a vision of Jesus as mediator of apokatastasis. It is insufficient for him or her to occasionally declare: “Oh, by the way, all will be well.” Our … Continue reading →

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