Friedrich Schleiermacher: Eternal Blessedness in Heaven is not possible while there is Eternal Torment in Hell (May 1, 2018)

Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768—1834), the father of modern theology and liberal Protestantism was one of the first theologians to write that is it is not possible for people to be eternally blessed (in heaven) when they know that others are in eternal torment (in hell.) Before Schleiermacher theologians throughout church history […]

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Karl Barth on Atheism, Eternal Punishment and the Final Judgment (January 9, 2018)

Insights: Karl Barth's Reflections on the Life of Faith is a short book containing one-page insights on different topics selected from Karl Barth's writings by his assistant Eberhard Busch. One of the last insights in the book is called "Nothing Will Be Lost" wherein Barth discusses the final Judgment. Barth believed that there […]

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