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“Grace Abounds More”: Balthasar’s Eschatological Universalism in Dialogue

Author: Joshua R. Brotherton

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-12-04

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9004681671

The problem of eternal damnation is one that should trouble all believers and impels many to seek answers to fundamental questions outside of the Church. For this reason, theologians with a missionary heart of the last century or more from across the ecclesial spectrum have sought to refashion the gospel in our own estranged image. In dialogue with one of the leading figures of this movement, Joshua Brotherton tackles the question of the plausibility that all will be saved. Sympathetic to their cause, this volume seeks to revise the way in which they envision the reconciliation of divine love and moral evil.

"Grace Abounds More" Balthasar's Eschatological Universalism in Dialogue

Author: Joshua R. Brotherton

Publisher: Brill's Studies in Catholic Th

Published: 2023-12-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789004681668

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Is Hell empty of human beings? Balthasar suggests that just might be the case. This book explicates the suppositions that underlie argumentation for such a view and proposes an alternative eschatological resolution to a theological conundrum that plagues so many.

The Eschatological Judgment of Christ

Author: Henry C. Anthony Karlson III

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2017-05-31

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 149829782X

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Hans Urs von Balthasar hopes that all might be saved. Critics say that makes Balthasar a universalist, and his universalism has become a hindrance for the evangelical mission of the church. Why would anyone evangelize and seek to convert others to the Christian faith if it is assured that everyone will be saved? Balthasar, throughout his writings, denied he was a universalist. He said that there is no way to know if all will be saved or not. Since God desires all will be saved, we can hope all will be, but until everyone has been judged, there will be no way to know if God's desire will be accomplished. Why? Because God does not force salvation on anyone. God gave humanity freedom, and he will not remove it from anyone, even if it means he risks losing some to perdition. Balthasar's critics believe his denial was merely a pretense, so that his speculations would not be condemned. They do not take his denials seriously. But should they? Does he really believe it is possible some might be damned? If so, how? By what means would anyone be damned?

The Eschatology of Hans Urs von Balthasar

Author: Nicholas J. Healy

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2005-06-09

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0191535257

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The unifying centre of Nicholas J. Healy's book is an analysis, in dialogue with the metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas, of Balthasar's understanding of the analogy of being. This discussion of analogy is framed by an interpretation of Balthasar's trinitarian eschatology. Healy shows that the ultimate form of the end, and thus the measure of all that is meant by eschatology, is given in Christ's eucharistic and pneumatic gift of himself - a gift that simultaneously lays bare the mystery of God's trinitarian life and enables Christ to 'return' to the Father in communion with the whole of creation.

Universal Salvation

Author: Morwenna Ludlow

Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

Published: 2000-12-07

Total Pages: 319

ISBN-13: 0198270224

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For nearly two thousand years Paul's suggestion at the end of 1 Corinthians 15 that God will be 'all in all' has appealed to those who hold a 'wider hope' that eventually no person will be lost from God's love. Clearly, such hope for universal salvation is at variance with most Christian tradition, which has emphasized the possibility, or certainty, of eternal hell. However, a minority of Christian thinkers have advocated the idea and it has provoked much debate in the course of the twentieth century. Responding to this interest, Morwenna Ludlow compares and assesses the arguments for universal salvation by Gregory of Nyssa and Karl Rahner - two influential theologians from very different eras who are less well known for their eschatological views. In this book Dr Ludlow gives an assessment of early Christian eschatology and its effect on modern theology by examining some fundamental questions. Does universal salvation constitute a 'second tradition' of eschatology and how has that tradition developed? What can we learn from Patristic writers such as Gregory of Nyssa? How does one approach Christian eschatology in a modern context?

John Owen between Orthodoxy and Modernity

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-02-11

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9004391347

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John Owen between Orthodoxy and Modernity offers fresh reflections on a leading Reformed theologian who sits on the brink of a new age. Reflecting both pre-modern and modern tendencies, John Owen’s 17th-century theology and spirituality reflect the growing tensions of the time.

Sanctifying Texts, Transforming Rituals

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2017-07-10

Total Pages: 529

ISBN-13: 9004347089

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Sanctifying Texts, Transforming Rituals: Encounters in Liturgical Studies offers a collection of essays in which the close connection between narrative texts and liturgical practice is elaborated, a variety of ritual aspects of the liturgy and the dialogues between different liturgical languages and media has been studied.

Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy

Author: Andrew Stephen Damick

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 9781944967178

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This new edition of the bestselling Orthodoxy & Heterodoxy is fully revised and significantly expanded. Major new features include a full chapter on Pentecostalism and the Charismatic movements, an expanded epilogue, and a new appendix ("How and Why I Became an Orthodox Christian"). More detail and more religions and movements have been included, and the book is now addressed broadly to both Orthodox and non-Orthodox, making it even more sharable than before.

Francis A. Sullivan, S.J. and Ecclesiological Hermeneutics

Author: Michael M. Canaris

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2016-09-27

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9004326855

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In Francis A. Sullivan, S.J. and Ecclesiological Hermeneutics Canaris explores the significant contributions made by Francis A. Sullivan, S.J. (b. 1922) to contemporary Catholic ecclesiology, especially when viewed through the lens of doctrinal hermeneutics.

Receptive Ecumenism and the Renewal of the Ecumenical Movement

Author: Antonia Pizzey

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2019-05-15

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9004397809

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In Receptive Ecumenism and the Renewal of the Ecumenical Movement, Antonia Pizzey offers a comprehensive and systematic analysis of the approach of Receptive Ecumenism, which is widely regarded as having the potential to revitalise contemporary ecumenism.