Tag Archives: That All Shall Be Saved

The Greater Hope: How do I find a God who triumphs over evil and death?

Posted on 19 May 2021 by Fr Aidan Kimel

Once upon a time, I would have been considered a traditionalist. That was back when I was an Episcopal priest. In my parishes I was known for my evangelical-Lutheran preaching (thank you Robert Jenson) and my firm commitment to Anglican … 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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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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When Only Bad Arguments Are Possible: A Response to Diem (among others)

Posted on 26 July 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

by David Bentley Hart In my last posting here, I confessed my bafflement at Edward Feser’s strange assertion that, when discussing the structure of rational freedom in That All Shall Be Saved, I do so in order to deny that … Continue reading →

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‘That All Shall Be Saved’: A Review of a Review of a Review

Posted on 23 May 2020 by Fr Aidan Kimel

It’s not often that one comes across a review of a book review. Sometimes a journal or magazine will give an author the opportunity to respond to a critical review. Sometimes it will publish a second review that offers a … Continue reading →

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