Tag Archives: Justinian

Did the Fifth Ecumenical Council Condemn Universal Salvation?

Posted on 31 May 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

When first presented with the universalist hope, many Orthodox and Roman Catholics imme­diately invoke the authority of the Fifth Ecumenical Council (A.D. 553), citing the famous fifteen anti-Origenist anathemas: “Apokatastasis has been dogmatically defined by the Church as heresy—see canon … Continue reading →

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Eschatology and Orthodoxy

Posted on 5 July 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Fr Sergius Bulgakov’s presentation of the Last Things is a masterpiece of dogmatic and mystical theology. Here is no mere reiteration of opinions from the past. Bulgakov is convinced that the Church has only begun to reflect deeply on the … Continue reading →

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Rehabilitating Origen

Posted on 18 September 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

David Bentley Hart is his own man, with his own distinctive voice and writing style—and thank God for that. His theological writings have been described as brilliant, incisive, penetrating, trenchant, over-blown, outrageous. He is impossible to pigeon-hole. He has read … Continue reading →

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St Justinian on Apokatastasis

Posted on 31 January 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

The folks at Classical Christianity posted today a passage from St Justinian’s letter to Patriarch Menas criticizing universal salvation. This is the letter in which the Emperor commanded the patriarch to convene a synod to condemn the teachings of Origen. … Continue reading →

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