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Ignatius on Christ’s True Passion (Epistle to the Smyrneans)
Ignatius counters the docetist claim that the sufferings of Christ (the Word) was only apparent, the incarnation being “in appearance only”. No, says Ignatius, the Word really did suffer “for our sakes” and when his flesh was being lifted up to the cross he drew “all men to Himself for their eternal salvation” …
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Hannah Whitall Smith: Three Censored Chapters of The Unselfishness of God And How I Discovered It
In her book, Smith explained how she came to embrace the belief in the final restitution of all things. However, the last three chapters (containing the whole point of the book!) have been censored by many Christian publishers …
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John Cassian on free will, grace and the salvation of all
“Sometimes He delays and hinders our injurious purposes and deadly attempts from having their horrible effects, and, while we are rushing headlong towards death, draws us back to salvation, and rescues us without our knowing it from the jaws of hell.” …
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“There is bound to be a Christian invasion of hell” Walter Rauschenbusch on eschatology
The American theologian and Baptist pastor Walter Rauschenbusch (1861–1918) is most famous for his notion of the “social gospel”. But while emphasizing the partial presence of the Kingdom of God …
Basil of Caesarea (probably) on Isaiah 9:5ff
“For all shall be subjected to Him and all shall recognise His mastery, and when God shall be all in all (1 Cor. 15:28), and those making an uproar by …
“A harmony of thanksgiving will arise from all creation” Gregory of Nyssa on the salvation of all creation
Excerpt from Gregory of Nyssa’s Great Catechism (II,25-26): That Deity should be born in our nature, ought not reasonably to present any strangeness to the minds of those who do …
The Paschal homily of John Chrysostomos
Let none lament his poverty; for the universal Kingdom is revealed. Let none bewail his transgressions; for the light of forgiveness has risen from the tomb. Let none fear death; …
Peter Hiett interviews David Bentley Hart
Peter Hiett interviews Orthodox theologian and philosopher, David Bentley Hart, on his new book That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation …
David Bentley Hart: That All Shall be Saved
Orthodox theologian and philosopher David Bentley Hart’s book on universal salvation is arguably the most talked-about book on the subject for years. For anyone interested in the topic, this is …
James Relly: The Great Salvation Contemplated
James Relly (1722–1778) was a Welshman, Methodist minister and Universalist theologian. Relly’s theology is among the most radical examples of Christian universalism …
Did God forsake Christ? Timothy Keller’s (supposedly) trinitarian heterodoxy and a Patristic alternative
Gregory of Nazianzen represents a viable alternative to the allegedly heterodox notion of the atonement represented by reformed theologians such as Keller. The Father did not forsake Christ, but Christ …