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Death and Glory: The Ultra-Universalism of Hosea Ballou

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

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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