Tag Archives: eschatology

St Augustine on the ‘Last Things’ and Human Destiny: Is Eschatological Universalism Possible?

Posted on 29 November 2022 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Fr. Robert Deinhammer, S.J. In this essay, I am going to outline some basic aspects of Augustinian eschatology and identify its problems. What is the ultimate destiny of the human race according to St. Augustine? Was Augustine right in … Continue reading →

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God-damnation or Self-damnation?

Posted on 1 December 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“I am not going to try to prove the doctrine [of hell] tolerable,” writes C. S. Lewis in his book The Problem of Pain. “Let us make no mistake; it is not tolerable. But I think the doctrine can be … Continue reading →

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The Hound’s Hart: A Review of ‘Roland in Moonlight’ 

Posted on 14 March 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by David Armstrong Roland in Moonlight is an apocalypse; at least, as someone who spent so much time in his grad­­uate career thinking, reading, and writing about apocalypses, it is easily identifiable to me as such. The dominant criteria for … Continue reading →

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If God is going to deify everyone anyway, why not deify everyone immediately?

Posted on 20 January 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by David Bentley Hart Frankly, Al, I find the question very strange. In part, because its premise is an absolute banality: that life is a kind of contest, played within the arbitrary constraints of the clock, at the end of … Continue reading →

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Preaching Good Good Very Good News: Proclamation, Liturgy, Kingdom

Posted on 1 October 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Preach the gospel in the performative mode of uncondi­tional promise—let’s call this the proclamatory rule of the gospel. It comes into play when the gospel-speaker is declaring the good news of Jesus Christ to one or more individuals, with the … Continue reading →

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Dogma, Damnation, and the Eucatastrophe of the Jesus Story

Posted on 17 August 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

In both The Orthodox Church and “Dogma and Dogmatic Theology,” Sergius Bulgakov cites eschatology, among others, as a topic of theology open to dogmatic definition, the implica­tion being that standard Orthodox teaching on the last things—including ever­lasting perdi­tion—can only be … Continue reading →

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The Eagle has landed … and will land again

Posted on 18 June 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Ezekiel 17 Ezekiel 17 begins with two cryptic parables about Israel, King Zedekiah, and Babylon. In each the figure of a great eagle figures prominently. In the first the eagle represents Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon and overlord of Judah; … Continue reading →

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All shall be well … but how well is hell?

Posted on 10 May 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Alle shall be well, and alle shalle be wele, and alle maner of thinge shall be wel.1 Does Julian of Norwich advocate the salvation of every human being? The question haunts readers of her Showings. On the one hand, one … Continue reading →

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