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What is Orthodox Hell?
What is the Orthodox doctrine of hell? I honestly do not know. I do know what many Orthodox have taught about hell during the past hundred years or so, and I know something about what the Church Fathers taught about … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology
Tagged damnation, Eastern Orthodoxy, eschatology, hell, John Chrysostom, last judgment, uncreated light, universal salvation
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Heavenly Amnesia: How Sweet to Forget the Damned
Through Christ and in Christ, by the Spirit, the Father will perfect in love all who come to him in repentance and faith. In Christ the blessed will love as the Father loves, and their love will comprehend all. In … Continue reading
Hell and the Solidarity of Love
Can you imagine yourself enjoying perfect happiness and bliss in heaven if you knew that a beloved spouse, child, or friend was suffering everlasting torment in hell? In his wonderful parable The Great Divorce, C. S. Lewis presents an interaction … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology
Tagged annihilation, Aquinas, C. S. Lewis, damnation, Great Divorce, hell, pity, Tom Talbott
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May we hope for the salvation of all (even if some will be damned)?
by Steven Nemes Will everyone be saved, or will some be lost forever? If some are lost forever, will they be punished unendingly in hell or will they eventually be annihilated and pass out of existence? I don’t know the … Continue reading
Posted in Eschatology
Tagged eschatology, eternal damnation, hell, hope, universal salvation
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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, Theology
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, Theology
Tagged angels, annihilation, annihilationism, damnation, heaven, hell, last things, Paul Griffiths
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All shall be well … but how well is well?
Does Julian of Norwich advocate the salvation of every human being? The question haunts readers of her Showings. That it does so is curious. Julian repeatedly qualifies (25 times, to be exact) God’s salvific work in Christ with the phrase “that … Continue reading
