Tag Archives: universal salvation

A Reformed Case for Universalism

Posted on 8 January 2019 by

by Jedidiah Paschall I am neither a scholar nor the son of a scholar. In truth, I am a son of a plumber, a Bible College dropout typically content to work away at fiction and poetry. This is not to … Continue reading →

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May we hope for the salvation of all (even if some will be damned)?

Posted on 7 January 2019 by

by Steven Nemes Will everyone be saved, or will some be lost forever? If some are lost forever, will they be punished unendingly in hell or will they eventually be annihilated and pass out of existence? I don’t know the … Continue reading →

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Annihilating Angels

Posted on 10 November 2018 by

Catholic theologian Paul J. Griffiths has proposed a controversial thesis: annihilation is a novissimal possibility for angels and human beings; they may find their last thing in a decreative return to the nothingness. One point needs to be clarified, though. … Continue reading →

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The Proclamatory Rule of the Gospel: Preach Good News!

Posted on 10 October 2018 by

What difference does apokatastasis make to the churchly preaching of the gospel? All the difference in the world, all the difference to the world! How we understand the conclusion of the gospel story informs how we tell the story. About fifteen … Continue reading →

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St Isaac the Syrian and the Triumphant Love of God

Posted on 8 October 2018 by

How do we proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ as good news that liberates and transforms? How do we tell the narrative of the Savior in such a way that the kingdom of God is made present?  These are the … Continue reading →

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Apocatastasis: The Heresy that Never Was

Posted on 13 April 2018 by

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 fifteen anti-Origenist anathemas: “Apokatastasis has been dogmatically defined by the Church as heresy—see canon 1 … Continue reading →

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Epistolary Adumbrations: Death, Life, and the Creatio ex Nihilo

Posted on 14 February 2018 by

by Brian C. Moore, Ph.D. The following post was originally two parts of what constituted a small dialogue between myself and a young woman who questioned certain aspects of David Bentley Hart’s arguments regarding the nature of freedom and the … Continue reading →

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