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Universal Salvation, Free Will, and the Determinism of the Good

Posted on 10 December 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Society of the Holy Trinity Retreat: Talk #3 5 December 2023 The Free Will Defense of Hell “Even if we grant you, Fr Aidan, that the Holy Trinity has an overriding gospel reason to bring about the salvation of all … Continue reading →

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The Infernal Quarantine of Love

Posted on 29 January 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

I am the way into the city of woe, I am the way into eternal pain, I am the way to go among the lost. Justice caused my high architect to move: Divine omnipotence created me, The highest wisdom, and … Continue reading →

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How Hot is Hellfire? The Retributive and Choice Models of Hell

Posted on 20 January 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

For almost two millennia, especially in the Western Churches, everlasting damnation has been understood and justified as an expression of retributive punishment: God justly con­demns the reprobate because of their sins. The 1910 Catholic Encyclopedia, in its entry “Hell” authored … Continue reading →

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Despairing into Gehenna: Manis, Kierkegaard, and the Choice Model

Posted on 21 July 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

For over fifteen hundred years, the dominant Christian understanding of hell has been one of everlasting punishment. Zachary Manis summarizes the traditional position (particu­larly as taught in the Western Church): “The purpose of hell is retribution: one’s consign­ment to hell … Continue reading →

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Jerry Walls: Hell is a Hell of a Choice

Posted on 4 August 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“Father, I desire that they also, whom thou hast given me, may be with me where I am, to behold my glory which thou hast given me in thy love for me before the foundation of the world” (John 17:24). … Continue reading →

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