Tag Archives: last judgment

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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Apprehending Apokatastasis: Revealing the God Behind the Curtain

Posted on 26 January 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“In my end is my beginning”—so concludes T. S. Eliot’s poem “East Coker.” The line may also be taken as a succinct expression of David Bentley Hart’s understanding of God’s free creation of the cosmos and its eschatological consummation in … Continue reading →

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What is Orthodox Hell?

Posted on 20 February 2019 by Fr Aidan Kimel

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 →

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The Judgement that Blesses and Curses

Posted on 21 September 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as … Continue reading →

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The Irresistible Truth of Final Judgment

Posted on 28 August 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

And he shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead; whose kingdom shall have no end. The Great Assize—I am brought into the courtroom of the Divine Judge. The prosecutor presents a movie of my … Continue reading →

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The Parousia of the Most Holy Theotokos

Posted on 27 July 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

“The Lord comes in glory with all the holy angels and with the saints, with all that is holy on earth and heaven. But where is She,” asks Sergius Bulgakov, “the Most Pure and Most Beloved One, raised into heaven … Continue reading →

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Taking the Bus Back to Hell

Posted on 3 March 2016 by Fr Aidan Kimel

One by one the lost souls step off the bus to enjoy a Great Divorce holiday in Heaven, and one by one they realize they prefer living in that other place. The choice is theirs. They are welcome to stay, … Continue reading →

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Thomas Talbott: The Inescapable Love of God (part 9)

Posted on 5 March 2015 by Fr Aidan Kimel

3) “The free will theist’s understanding of hell is, in any case, utterly inconsistent with the New Testament teaching about hell” (The Inescapable Love of God, p. 171). God does not damn, we damn ourselves; God does not cease to … Continue reading →

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