Tag Archives: Hosea Ballou

“God saves men to purify them; that’s what salvation is designed for”

Posted on 13 June 2024 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Hosea Ballou had gone to an inland town on a preaching engagement and had made arrangements to stay with a lady who, as it turned out, believed that men are to be saved only if they are good. Arriving at … Continue reading →

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Death and Glory: The Ultra-Universalism of Hosea Ballou

Posted on 29 May 2024 by Fr Aidan Kimel

In his frequently footnoted essay “Three Versions of Universalism,” Michael J. Murray introduces a threefold typology of the principal renditions of the greater hope. Each type, he believes, is philosophically flawed and unacceptable: None offer a compelling explanation for why … Continue reading →

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Salvation Irrespective of Character

Posted on 28 May 2024 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by Hosea Ballou There is, at this time, no objection to the doctrine of universal salvation more pertinaciously insisted on by its opposers than that all men are to be saved irrespective of moral character, and in violation of the … Continue reading →

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