Tag Archives: hell

Supplying the Missing Universalist Premise

Posted on 17 February 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Last week Dr Brendan Triffett published “Where the Chasm Really Lies: A Libertarian Infernalist Responds to Fr Aidan Kimel.” It’s not often that anyone directly replies to my writings on the greater hope, so I quickly read it. I confess … Continue reading →

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When Hell Becomes Dogma: Damning to Nothingness

Posted on 15 February 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

My working principle: once eternal damnation is accepted by an ecclesial community as dogmatically binding, three things happen: Holy Scripture and the patristic tradition will be read through the dogma. Preaching and theological speculation will be governed by the dogma, … Continue reading →

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The Deep Patristic Roots of Hart’s Universalism: A Response to Fr Lawrence Farley

Posted on 2 February 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Mark Chenoweth Many of the critics of David Bentley Hart’s presentation of universalism in his That All Shall Be Saved argue that he doesn’t give nearly enough weight to church tradition. I agree. However, these critics, the latest one … Continue reading →

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The River of Fire

Posted on 29 January 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Alexandre Kalomiros As presented at the 1980 Orthodox Conference sponsored by St. Nectarios American Orthodox Church, Seattle, Washington. A hard copy of this address may be purchased from Saint Nectarios Press. A reply to the questions: (1) Is God … Continue reading →

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David Bentley Hart and the Moral Argument Against Hell

Posted on 24 January 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Tom Belt I’ll get right to the point. I’m shocked that reviews of David Bentley Hart’s recent That All Shall Be Saved which reject his univer­salism all fail to engage his moral argu­ment. I suspect there is a real will … Continue reading →

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When Hell Becomes Dogma: The Closing of the Catholic Mind

Posted on 2 January 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

My working principle: once eternal damnation is accepted by an ecclesial community as dogmatically binding, three things happen: Holy Scripture and the patristic tradition will be read through the dogma. Preaching and theological speculation will be governed by this dogma, … Continue reading →

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Universalism’s Convenientia

Posted on 9 December 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Paul J. Griffiths Among the criteria that theologians use to determine what to say next and how to say it – to know how to go on in theology, that is – is appeal to convenientia.1 Fittingness, that is, … Continue reading →

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Is Post-Mortem Repentance Possible for Mortal Sinners?

Posted on 16 November 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Roman Catholic theology has traditionally held that all who die in mortal sin are eternally con­demned and beyond repentance. Thus the Cath­olic Catechism: “To die in mortal sin with­out repenting and accepting God’s merci­ful love means remaining separated from him … Continue reading →

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