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Category Archives: Eschatology
Hell, Freedom, and the Predestinating Gospel
But what about HELL? This is always the first question posed when confronted with Robert W. Jenson’s understanding of the gospel as unconditional promise. If the Church is authorized to speak the Kingdom to all comers, does this not imply universal … Continue reading
White Walkers, Toll-Houses, and the Hermeneutic of Pascha
When I first heard about the aerial toll-houses, I dismissed them as the stuff of folklore, tales told by Old Nan to children when the winter days are short and the nights are long and cold. As terrifying as the … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology
Tagged aerial toll-houses, afterlife, angels, damnation, death, demons, divine judgment, Eastern Orthodoxy, particular judgment, Seraphim Rose
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“Will on will” or “will in will”?
I don’t often comment on other blogs anymore. I have enough trouble thinking of something intelligent to write for my own. But Fr Stephen Freeman has been recently blogging on the greater hope over at Glory to God for All … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology
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Aerial Toll-Houses—Dogma or Pious Belief?
Inquiring minds want to know. Is the ancient teaching of the aerial toll-houses a dogma within the Orthodox Church? Is it a doctrine that must be taught by bishops and priests? Is it a doctrine that must be believed and confessed by the … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology
Tagged aerial toll-houses, divine judgment, dogma, Eastern Orthodoxy, intermediate state, life after death, theologoumena
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Life After Death and the Demonic Gauntlet
If Protestants love to debate the relationship between justification and sanctification and Catholics the extent and limits of papal infallibility, the Orthodox love to debate … aerial toll-booths! “Aerial toll-houses? Never heard of them.” I know. Few outside of Orthodoxy … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology
Tagged aerial toll-houses, divine judgment, eternal damnation, hell, intermediate state, life after death, Orthodoxy
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U-turns and Transcendentals
by Pastor Tom Belt I’m delighted to be back at Eclectic Orthodoxy – my home away from home. I’m always informed and challenged by the content and the company here. It’s like pulling a chair up to a warm hearth … Continue reading
Posted in David B. Hart, Eschatology
Tagged angels, Aquinas, David Hart, Ed Feser, eternal damnation, hell, Maximus the Confessor
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Pascha and the Apokatastasis of Judas Iscariot
But what about the Iscariot‽ The fate of Judas is the challenge most often posed to anyone who dares to proclaim the greater hope. Christians have long debated whether few or many will be saved. St John Chrysostom appears to have been … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Eschatology, Preaching
Tagged apocatastasis, damnation, election, hell, Jesus Christ, Judas Iscariot, salvation, universal salvation, universalism
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