Tag Archives: damnation

Once Loved Always Loved: Chapter Four

Posted on 29 April 2024 by Fr Aidan Kimel

How do divine justice and divine love relate to each other? This question comes to the fore in discussions of the traditional doctrine of eternal damnation. The model explicitly invokes the attribute of justice as the principal rationale for God’s … Continue reading →

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Once Loved Always Loved: Chapter Three

Posted on 22 April 2024 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“Does God Desire All Men to be Saved?” The title pretty much tells us what chapter three of Once Loved Always Loved is about and for whom it is written. Do you need a hint? Our author, Andrew Hronich, was … Continue reading →

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Once Loved Always Loved: Chapter Two

Posted on 17 April 2024 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“It is evident,” writes Andrew Hronich, “that the traditional depiction of hell as a divinely imposed retribution has been largely supplanted by that of a freely embraced condition.”1 Absolutely right! This important theological change has happened so quietly, so quickly, … Continue reading →

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Once Loved Always Loved: Chapter One

Posted on 9 April 2024 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Once Loved Always Loved is a large book (10″×7″) consisting of seven lengthy chapters totaling 355 pages. Its chapters average over 50 pages of mucho words. The book would be considerably longer if it was smaller in size. I share … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Once Loved Always Loved by Andrew Hronich

Posted on 2 April 2024 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Once Loved Always Loved (Wipf & Stock, 2023) by Andrew Hronich is a very impressive defense of universal salvation. As far as I can tell, the author has read, watched, and listened to just about everything on the topic. This … Continue reading →

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Universal Divine Goodness: Contemporary Roman Catholic Theology And ‘Universalism’ (Part 2)

Posted on 28 January 2024 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Barry A. David, Ph.D. Universal versus Limited Divine Goodness in Eschatology Viewed in one way, Roman Catholic thought concerning eschatology’s final cause was not always torn between outcomes of minority and universal beatitude. As St. Paul’s account of ‘Biblical … Continue reading →

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Predestination to Glory, Reprobation to Hell

Posted on 23 October 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

As with St Augustine of Hippo, the anti-Pelagian commitment of St Thomas Aquinas comes to decisive expression in his doctrine of predestination.1 Contrary to free will theodicy, which detaches the decisions and actions of human beings from divine causality, the … Continue reading →

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Is Universalism Incompatible with God’s Love? A Response to Eleonore Stump

Posted on 18 October 2023 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Thomas Talbott, Ph.D. In an article entitled “The God of Love,”1 Professor Eleonore Stump argues that universalism, understood as “the thesis that God unilaterally brings it about that all human beings are brought to heaven,” is “not only not … Continue reading →

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