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Annihilating Angels
Catholic theologian Paul J. Griffiths has proposed a controversial thesis: annihilation is a novissimal possibility for angels and human beings; they may find their last thing in a decreative return to the nothingness. One point needs to be clarified, though. … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology, Paul Griffiths
Tagged angels, annihilation, damnation, demons, hell, Paul Griffiths, Satan, universal salvation
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The Novissimum of Annihilation
Novissima, the last things—there was a time when Western pastors would systematically preach on the last things under four topics: death, judgment, heaven, and hell. During my thirty years of active ministry, I preached on the last things during Advent … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology, Paul Griffiths
Tagged angels, annihilation, annihilationism, damnation, heaven, hell, last things, Paul Griffiths
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Thralls of the Metronome: The Fall of the Demons into Devastated Time
“The angels are first among creatures,” writes Paul Griffiths—“first, that is, in time, and first, also, in intimacy with the LORD. When the created order comes into being by the LORD’s fiat, the light that exists before the lights given … Continue reading
Posted in Paul Griffiths
Tagged angels, demons, Lucifer, original sin, Paul Griffiths, Satan, the Fall, time
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Angels and the Bodies They May Be
An evening in 1997—Fr James E. Cantler was presiding at the Holy Eucharist at the Church of the Holy Communion in Charleston, South Carolina, celebrating the anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. I was assisting in the sanctuary. My … Continue reading
Posted in Paul Griffiths
Tagged angels, archangels, C. S. Lewis, eldil, eldila, guardian angel, Paul Griffiths, Space trilogy
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Ainulindalë: Angels, Demiurges, and the Making of Arda
Then Ilúvatar spoke, and he said: ‘Mighty are the Ainur, and mightiest among them is Melkor; but that he may know, and all the Ainur, that I am Ilúvatar, those things that ye have sung, I will show them forth, … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings & Company
Tagged ainur, angels, creatio ex nihilo, divine creation, Silmarillion, Thomas Aquinas, Tolkien
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Ainulindalë: The God Who is Music and Beauty
There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy Ones, that were the offspring of his thought, and they were with him before aught else was made. And he spoke … Continue reading
Posted in Inklings & Company
Tagged angels, beauty, divine creation, God, Holy Trinity, music, Silmarillion, Tolkien
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Ainulindalë: The Creation of the Angels
Eru engë, i estaina ná Ilúvatar Ardassë; ar ónes minyavë Ainur, i ner i híni sanweryo, ar nentë ósë nó ilúvë ontaina né. There was Eru, the One, who in Arda is called Ilúvatar; and he made first the Ainur, the Holy … Continue reading
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Tagged Ainulindale, ainur, angels, creatio ex nihilo, divine creation, God, Silmarillion, Tolkien
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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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