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punishment for finite crimes would be incompatible with "the belief that God will judge people 'according to what they done' (e.g. Revelation 20:12), which implies that the penalty inflicted will be commensurate with the evil done." However, despite Stott's personal belief in annihilationism, he cautions, "I do not dogmatize about the position to which I have come. I hold it tentatively... I believe that the ultimate annihilation of the wicked should at least be accepted as a legitimate, biblically founded alternative to their eternal conscious torment."
1089:). Annihilationists believe that verses speaking of the second death refer to ceasing to exist. Opponents of annihilationism argue that the second death is the spiritual death (separation from God) that occurs after physical death (separation of soul and body). Annihilationists are quick to point out that spiritual death happens the moment one sins and that it is illogical to believe further separation from God can take place. In addition, annihilationists claim that complete separation from God conflicts with the doctrine of 751:, the dead are unconscious in their graves and immortality is conditional. When God formed Adam out of the dust of the ground, and before Adam could live, God breathed the breath of life into his body: "And man became a living soul" (Genesis 2:7). See also Ezekiel 18:4, 20. Psalm 146:4 says, "His (man's) breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth (dust); in that very day his thoughts perish." No man has ascended to heaven except Jesus Christ (John 3:13). 818:, the first time he publicly did so. However 5 years later he said that he had been an annihilationist for around fifty years. Stott wrote, "Well, emotionally, I find the concept intolerable and do not understand how people can live with it without either cauterizing their feelings or cracking under the strain. But our emotions are a fluctuating, unreliable guide to truth ... my question what does my heart tell me, but what does God’s word say?" 498:
evil, to the resurrection of judgment." (Jn 5:28–29) Then Christ will come "in his glory, and all the angels with him... . Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left... . And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." (Mt 25:31,32,46)
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bestowed , deprives himself of continuance forever and ever. And, for this reason, the Lord declared to those who showed themselves ungrateful towards Him: If you have not been faithful in that which is little, who will give you that which is great? indicating that those who, in this brief temporal life, have shown themselves ungrateful to Him who bestowed it, shall justly not receive from Him length of days forever and ever."
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not its attribute, as it is God's; but as a man does not live always, and the soul is not forever conjoined with the body, since, whenever this harmony must be broken up, the soul leaves the body, and the man exists no longer; even so, whenever the soul must cease to exist, the spirit of life is removed from it, and there is no more soul, but it goes back to the place from whence it was taken."
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1:10). If all souls are born immortal, then why is humanity encouraged to seek it by Paul? "To them who by patient continuance in well doing 'seek' for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:" (Romans 2:7) And also, why would Jesus offer humanity an opportunity to "live forever", if all live forever? "If any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever:" (John 6:51).
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1038 The resurrection of all the dead, "of both the just and the unjust," (Acts 24:15) will precede the Last Judgment. This will be "the hour when all who are in the tombs will hear (the Son of man's) voice and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done
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4:2 (July 1966), pp. 193–200 . He considers it of "greatest use" to theologians and other readers, and presents only "few reservations" for such a "voluminous work". It is aimed at English readers, and thus focuses on Great Britain and America; Vaucher expounds on continental European supporters. He
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and their insistence that some were pre-destined to receive Christ, and others to be eternally punished. How much weight this statement of Wesley's should be placed on his idea of eternal condemnation remains debated. Actually, the terminology "being destroyed body and soul in hell" is from the lips
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Chapter V: "some which have appeared worthy of God never die, but others are punished so long as God wills them to exist and to be punished." Chapter VI: "Now the soul partakes of life since God wills it to live. Thus, then, it will not even partake when God does not will it to live. For to live is
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The Church of England's Doctrine Commission reported in February 1995 that Hell is not eternal torment. The report, entitled "The Mystery of Salvation" states, "Christians have professed appalling theologies which made God into a sadistic monster. ... Hell is not eternal torment, but it is the final
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view of Hell is held to be as annihilation rather than eternal burning of the wicked, and it is one of its distinctive tenets. They hold that the wicked will be lost eternally as they are consumed in the lake of fire rather than eternal suffering, and they will perish and cease to exist in the fire.
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Some annihilationists insist that words like "destroy, destruction, perish, death" must refer to "non-existence". While this interpretation of those terms does not imply the non-existence of Hades or the lake of fire, this interpretation does require that the suffering of the souls that inhabit it,
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With this one may compare the Anglican prayer book, as the collect for the ninth Sunday after Trinity, but stating "we who cannot do anything that is good without Thee". In the modern ordinary form of the Mass of the Catholic Church, the collect is included again, used on Thursday in the first week
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Stott argued that the biblical descriptions of Hell only state that Hell itself is eternal, not necessarily that sinners damned to Hell will live eternally in suffering, pointing also to several biblical references to the "destruction" of sinners. Fundamentally, though, Stott argues that an eternal
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in 1989. In 1990, J. I. Packer delivered several lectures supporting the traditional doctrine of eternal suffering. The reluctance of many evangelicals is illustrated by the fact that proponents of annihilationism have had trouble publishing their doctrines with evangelical publishing houses, with
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I feel that the time has come when I must declare my mind honestly. I believe that endless torment is a hideous and unscriptural doctrine that has been a terrible burden on the mind of the church for many centuries and a terrible blot on her presentation of the gospel. I should indeed be happy if,
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1035 The teaching of the Church affirms the existence of hell and its eternity. Immediately after death, the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into Hell, where they suffer the punishments of hell, "eternal fire". The chief punishment of hell is eternal separation from God, in
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Traditionalist Christians point to biblical references to eternal punishment, as well as eternal elements of this punishment, such as the unquenchable fire, the everlasting shame, the "worm" that never dies, and the smoke that rises forever, as consistent with the traditional doctrine of eternal,
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Your interests are in jeopardy,—the salvation, I mean, of your souls; and unless you give yourselves to seek to know the Supreme God, a cruel death awaits you when freed from the bonds of body, not bringing sudden annihilation, but destroying by the bitterness of its grievous and long-protracted
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3. paragraph: "he who shall preserve the life bestowed upon him, and give thanks to Him who imparted it, shall receive also the length of days forever and ever. But he who shall reject it, and prove himself ungrateful to his Maker, inasmuch as he has been created, and has not recognized Him who
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Annihilationists declare eternal existence and life is a gift gotten only from believing the gospel; (John 3:16) Paul calls this gift (immortality) an integral part of the gospel message: "who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and 'immortality' to light through the gospel." (2 Timothy
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support annihilation. They hold that the doctrine of Hell as defined by mainstream Christianity is incompatible with the concept that God is love. They believe that God loves humans unconditionally, and has no destructive intentions for human beings. Seventh-day Adventists believe that the
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Much as certain Church Fathers and Catholic theologians have advocated qualified forms of universalism, some Catholic theologians have advocated qualified forms of annihilationism as being in line with Catholic teaching. Concerning the typical doctrinal presentation of Hell, the
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Those who describe or believe in this doctrine may not use "annihilationist" to define the belief, and the terms "mortalist" and "conditionalist" are often used. Edward Fudge (1982) uses "annihilationist" to refer to both the "mortalists" and "conditionalists" who believe in a
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since the 1960s, and particularly since the 1980s. It has found support and acceptance among some British evangelicals, although it is viewed with greater suspicion by their American counterparts. Recently, a handful of evangelical theologians, including the prominent
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Three early essays from one of the classical advocates of conditional immortality, a French author. See especially "Appendix 1: Answers to Objections Urged Against the Doctrine of the Gradual Extinction of Obdurate Sinners," beginning on page 147 of the book.
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in which God is present everywhere, including Hell. Some annihilationists accept the position that Hell is a separation from God by taking the position that God sustains the life of his creations: when separated from God, one simply ceases to exist.
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I, question 10), so apparently eternal separation from God is a "negative eternity", a complete and permanent separation from God. In the Collect (opening prayer) for the eighth Sunday after Pentecost in the Tridentine missal, we find the words
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publication, which started in the early 1850s, and played a key part in the origin of the Advent Christian Church. Storrs came to believe the wicked would never be resurrected. He and like-minded others formed the Life and Advent Union in 1863.
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of the movement in the 1850s, and two books were published. Annihilationism was apparently established in the church by the middle of that decade. (In the 1860s, the group adopted the name "Seventh-day Adventist" and organized more formally.)
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Church of England Commission on evangelism – 1946 "... but gives the idea that 'everyone goes to heaven when he dies'. 198 During their earlier years children have to learn how to discriminate between the world of experience and the world of
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conscious torment of the non-believers or sinners in Hell. An annihilationist response is that the eternal nature of the fire, worms, and disgrace do not imply eternal conscious torment, only that the punishment has eternal consequences.
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Church of England, "The Mystery of Salvation: The Doctrine Commission of the General Synod" (1995), p. 199; published by Church House Publishing, London, 1995; copyrighted by The Central Board of Finance of the Church of England, 1995,
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Some annihilationists understand there will be suffering in the death process, but ultimately the wages of sin is death, not eternal existence. Some affirm that Jesus taught limited conscious physical sufferings upon the guilty:
973:(1992) describes Hell as "eternal death" (paragraph 1861) and elsewhere states that "the chief punishment of hell is that of eternal separation from God" (paragraph 1035). The question is what "eternal" means in this context. 1060:
That servant who knows his master's will and does not get ready or does not do what his master wants will be beaten with many blows. But the one who does not know and does things deserving punishment will be beaten with few
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have held to traditional notions of Hell. However, the annihilationist position is not without some historical precedent. Early forms of annihilationism or conditional immortality are claimed to be found in the writings of
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Other relevant New Testament texts include Matthew 10:28 where Christ speaks of the wicked being destroyed "both body and soul" in fiery hell or John 3:36 which says that "he that believeth not the Son shall not see life".
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Proponents of annihilationism agree that the Bible teaches that the wicked are punished eternally, but they believe that punishment is complete destruction for eternity as opposed to eternal life in torment. They see
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of Jesus. Matthew 10:28 "And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." SERMON 128, Preached at Bristol, in the year 1740 –
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The Conditional Immortality Association of New Zealand Inc. is a non-profit organization established to promote a Biblical understanding of human nature, life, death and eternity as taught throughout Scripture.
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Christians who believe in universal reconciliation have also criticized annihilationism using Biblical references. Books of the Bible argued to possibly support the idea of full reconciliation include the
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Wenham claims that just a single verse (Revelation 14:11) sounds like eternal torment to him. This is out of a total of 264 references. Ralph Bowles argues the word order of the verse was chosen to fit a
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passages referring to the finality of judgment, and not its duration (see Isaiah 66:24; cf. 2 Kings 22:17; Isaiah 17:2–7; 51:8; Jeremiah 4:4; 7:20; 21:12; Ezekiel 20:47–48; Malachi 4:1-3). Similarly, the
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5 (1967), pp. 202–204 . Vaucher praises Froom's "erudition"; as a "monumental work" without "rival". He questions whether several individuals should be claimed for conditionalism, or that the
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view" that has "grown within evangelicalism in recent years". A 2011 study of British evangelicals showed 19% disagreed a little or a lot with eternal conscious torment, and 31% were unsure.
537:, caused controversy with statements including that "Judgment is the ultimate separation of the evil from the good, with the consequent destruction of all that opposes itself to God's will." 3125:, Britain: InterVarsity Press, 1985; a 2nd edition. A new edition with an extended chapter on the debate was published by Eagle books in 1994, from Guilford, England. As cited by Phillips 4152: 238:
belief that everyone will be saved. However, it is also possible to hold to a partial annihilationism, believing unsaved humans to be obliterated, but demonic beings to suffer forever.
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before I die, I could help in sweeping it away. Most of all I should rejoice to see a number of theologians ... joining ... in researching this great topic with all its ramifications.
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argued that it could be held as a legitimate interpretation of biblical texts by those who give supreme authority to scripture. Earlier in the 20th century, some theologians at the
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Other annihilationists, who understand that a loving God would not gratuitously cause the dead to suffer, believe this verse refers to those living through the tribulation(
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introduced the belief to the Millerites. He had been a Methodist minister and antislavery advocate. He was introduced to annihilationism when in 1837 he read a pamphlet by
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contained a chapter that challenged the traditional church doctrine, and it was the first book from an evangelical publishing house to do so. It was republished later as
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Gregory A. Boyd and Paul R. Eddy, Across the Spectrum: Understanding Issues in Evangelical Theology, 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2009), pp. 286–287.
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rejects eternal torment, universalism, and apparently also annihilation; but believes those who reject God will become dehumanized, and no longer be in the image of God
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is not innately immortal. They are related yet distinct. God, who alone is immortal, passes on the gift of immortality to the righteous, who will live forever in
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churches. (The Millerite movement consisted of 50,000 to 100,000 people in the United States who eagerly expected the soon return of Jesus, and originated around
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teaches that the wicked will justly suffer for their sins, but the end result will be their destruction (cf. Luke 16:19–31; Romans 2:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:9).
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wrote, "annihilation is certainly an acceptable interpretation of the relevant New Testament passages ... For myself, I remain agnostic." Comparatively,
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Life in Christ: A Study of the Scripture Doctrine On the Nature of Man, the Object of the Divine Incarnation, and the Conditions of Human Immortality
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by John Wenham, pp. 68–92; esp. pp. 81–83. Quotations are Wenham's terms, not the Bible's necessarily. The first edition of the book was titled,
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and irrevocable choosing of that which is opposed to God so completely and so absolutely that the only end is total non-being." The British
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But I notice that Our Lord, while stressing the terror of hell with unsparing severity usually emphasizes the idea not of duration but of
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Edward Fudge, The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of Final Punishment (Houston, Texas: Providential Press, 1982).
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Eternal Hell/torment has been "the semiofficial position of the church since approximately the sixth century", according to Pinnock.
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David A. Reed, Answering Jehovah's Witnesses: Subject by Subject, electronic ed. (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1997).
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in 1989, which has been called "ne of the most significant books" in the debate. A portion deals with this issue in particular.
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Judaism in Late Antiquity: Part Four: Death, Life-After-Death, Resurrection and the World-To-Come in the Judaisms of Antiquity
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who accepted conditionalism. Still, in 1844 the movement officially decided these issues were not essential points of belief.
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as "a classic defense of conditionalism". It is a lengthy historical work, documenting the supporters throughout history.
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to torment his creations forever. They claim that the popular conceptions of Hell stem from Jewish speculation during the
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Life and Immortality: An Examination of the Nature and Meaning of Life and Death as They Are Revealed in the Scriptures
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The doctrine is often, although not always, bound up with the notion of "conditional immortality", a belief that the
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is terminated by their reduction to non-existence. Adventists, and perhaps others, then understand the term "Hell" (
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The Millerites expected Jesus to return around 1843 or 1844, based on Bible texts including Daniel 8:14, and one
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in 1843 to promote these doctrines. However most leaders of the movement rejected these beliefs, other than
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Recently the doctrine has been most often associated with groups descended from or with influences from the
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Others have remained "agnostic", not taking a stand on the issue of hell. The two listed are also British:
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called it "the ablest critique of hell by a believer in the inspiration of the Bible." Clark Pinnock of
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posit that living in eternal hell is a false doctrine of pagan origin, as the wicked will perish in the
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did not systematize his own beliefs. He rejected traditional pictures of the "tortures" of hell, as in
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A Catholic Reading Guide to Conditional Immortality – The Third Alternative to Hell and Universalism
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21st Century Evangelicals: A snapshot of the beliefs and habits of evangelical Christians in the UK
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whom alone man can possess the life and happiness for which he was created and for which he longs.
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supported the belief. Twentieth-century English theologians who favor annihilation include Bishop
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Annihilationism seems to be gaining as a legitimate minority opinion within modern, conservative
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destructive force of Gehenna is eternal, rather than an indication of eternal conscious torment.
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will be totally destroyed and their consciousness extinguished rather than suffering forever in
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It had the motto "No immortality, or endless life except through Jesus Christ alone." Sources:
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Annihilationism is also the belief of some liberal Christians within mainstream denominations.
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The subject really gained attention in the late 1980s, from publications by two evangelical
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Several evangelical reactions to annihilationism were published. Another critique was by
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taught an immortal soul. He challenged the preaching tone of books, and related artwork
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proves "annihilationism" and not the Greek philosophical belief in innate immortality.
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http://www.churchofgod-7thday.org/Publications/Doctrinal%20Points%20Final%20Proof.pdf
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Chapter 10: "For were He to reward us according to our works, we should cease to be."
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reported in 1995 that Hell may be a state of "total non-being", not eternal torment.
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believe that there can be no punishment after death because the dead cease to exist.
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1853 – the first clear statement. James White, "Destruction of the Wicked" series,
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to discuss the future direction of the movement, and were henceforth known as "
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which arose through his influence typically do not agree with annihilationism.
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There have been individual supporters earlier. Pentecostal healing evangelist
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adopted conditionalism. Later, the main advocate of conditionalism became the
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Dare We Hope: "that All Men be Saved"? ; With, A Short Discourse on Hell
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Annihilationism is based on passages that speak of the unsaved as perishing (
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Pinnock, "The Conditional View", in Crockett; p. 150 including footnote 28.
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The Fire that Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of Final Punishment
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the standard conditional immortality belief that the dead are unconscious.
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writings, historical criticism of the doctrine of Hell, and the concept of
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report (published in 2000) states the doctrine is a "significant minority
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The church formed from a small group of Millerite Adventists who kept the
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Immortality or Resurrection? A Biblical Study on Human Nature and Destiny
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Wenham, "The Case for Conditional Immortality" in N. M. S. Cameron, ed.,
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promoted annihilationism in the last few years before his death in 1965.
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and influenced Christian theologians, and also graphic and imaginative
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Arnobius, Against the Heathen: Book II, paragraph 61, last sentence.
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and Philip Hughes. Stott advocated annihilationism in the 1988 book
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Some annihilationist Christian denominations were influenced by the
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as conditionals, and other descriptions of their history. Vaucher,
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by David L. Edwards with a response from John Stott. 1988, p. 314
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Proponents of the traditional Christian doctrine of Hell, such as
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Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment
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Clark Pinnock, "The Destruction of the Finally Impenitent".
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Letter from F. F. Bruce to John Stott in 1989, as quoted in
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According to F. F. Bruce, in his foreword to Edward Fudge,
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Debt and Grace as Related to a Doctrine of the Future Life
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writers have also proposed annihilationist doctrines. The
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25 (10%) to "death in its finality" or "the second death"
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Two Views of Hell: A Biblical & Theological Dialogue
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59 (22%) to "destruction, perdition, utter loss or ruin"
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rejected the immortal soul concept in 1843. Her husband
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Evangelical Essentials: A Liberal-evangelical Dialogue
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and today forms the most prominent "Adventist" group.
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The belief in annihilationism has appeared throughout
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Christopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, eds.,
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An early article was Pinnock, "Fire, then Nothing".
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of destruction, not a permanently existing process.
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movement of the mid-19th century. These include the
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2458:"Six Sermons By George Storrs – The Harvest Herald" 1710:, who described himself as "agnostic" on this issue 949:where he pictured it as a drab "grey town". Yet in 935:Some well respected authors have remained neutral. 304:, Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury (1933), 3573:, but contained little or none of this discussion. 3538: 2088:London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1988, pp. 313–320. 446:(d. 202), among others. However, the teachings of 3910:Neusner, Jacob; Avery-Peck, Alan Jeffery (2000). 3405:The Last Things: Death, Judgment, Heaven and Hell 27:Doctrine that the unsaved cease to exist at death 3831:. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1990, pp. 69–70. 2868:The Extinction of Evil: Three Theological Essays 2065: 2063: 2061: 2059: 2057: 1990:"Punishment of the Wicked in Light of the Cross" 3916:. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. p. 342. 2489:George Storrs: 1796–1879: A Biographical Sketch 2228:"Justin Martyr and the Immortality of the Soul" 1058: 957: 865: 511:has through most of its history been closer to 491: 456: 4034:Hell on Trial: The Case for Eternal Punishment 3867:"J. I. Packer on Why Annihilationism Is Wrong" 3629:"J. I. Packer on Why Annihilationism Is Wrong" 2523:Gary Land, "Conditional Immortality" entry in 2153:London: A. and C. Black., 1966, pp. 186f., 260 1182:"The person who sins is the one who will die." 2507:Letter from Fitch to Storrs, January 25, 1844 2190:, pp. 52–53 (he accepts the traditional view) 1224:is able to destroy both soul and body in hell 515:'s doctrine of conscious continuation of the 298:William Temple, 98th Archbishop of Canterbury 8: 4153:Beliefs and practices of Jehovah's Witnesses 4107:Evangelicals and the Annihilation of Hell – 2405:Decreation: The Last Things of All Creatures 1915: 1913: 358:Annihilationists base their belief on their 2713: 2711: 2709: 2707: 549:of the mid-19th century. These include the 64:Learn how and when to remove these messages 3844:, chapter 11 "Purgatory, Paradise, Hell"; 3767:"Lamentations 3:31–33 NIV – Bible Gateway" 3467:"WDTPRS: Thursday in the 1st Week of Lent" 3011:Essentials: A Liberal-Evangelical Dialogue 2810:Handbook of Seventh-day Adventist Theology 2498:". HarvestHerald.com. Retrieved June 2010. 2428:United States Catholic Conference (2000). 2086:Essentials: A Liberal–Evangelical Dialogue 809:Essentials: A Liberal–Evangelical Dialogue 749:Church of God (7th day) – Salem Conference 743:Church of God (7th day) – Salem Conference 666:, formerly belonged to the conditionalist 555:Church of God (7th day) – Salem Conference 2963: 2961: 2656:. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1992 1548:Learn how and when to remove this message 883:. It was described as "the best book" by 186:Learn how and when to remove this message 121:Learn how and when to remove this message 3227:I Believe in the Second Coming of Christ 2891:below for an expanded biblical defense. 2330:A Catholic Reading Guide to Universalism 2072:"History of Hell: Hell before Augustine" 3149:Facing Hell: An Autobiography 1913–1996 2596:The Conditionalist Faith of our Fathers 2519: 2517: 2515: 2513: 2038: 2036: 1893: 849:Facing Hell: An Autobiography 1913–1996 691:The Conditionalist Faith of our Fathers 241:Annihilationism is directly related to 3984:A Journal from the Radical Reformation 3690: 3679: 3272:An Exposition of the Seven Church Ages 2993: 2983: 2931: 2920: 2738:Hell: Eternal Torment or Annihilation? 1944: 1942: 3545:. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan. 3162:Universalism and the Doctrine of Hell 3136:Universalism and the Doctrine of Hell 2974:Evangelical Annihilationism in Review 2304:"John Wesley, Sermon 128: FREE GRACE" 2263:Against Heresies: Book II, Chapter 34 2048:The Condionalist Faith of our Fathers 845:Universalism and the Doctrine of Hell 7: 4115:by Alan W. Gomes. (Note the article 4069:Exploring evangelical conditionalism 3781:"1 Timothy 4:10 NIV – Bible Gateway" 2625:disagrees with the inclusion of the 2287:Pinnock, "Fire then Nothing", p. 40. 2151:The Revelation of St John the Divine 1920:McLaughlin, Corey J. (23 May 2017). 1486:adding citations to reliable sources 932:Wenham's 1973 book being the first. 161:move details into the article's body 3829:Evangelism Through the Local Church 2675:Andrews University Seminary Studies 2636:Andrews University Seminary Studies 2621:Andrews University Seminary Studies 2296:This comment was made in regard to 1903:Bible Student and Religious Outlook 861:The Elements of New Testament Greek 734:The Seventh-day Adventist Church's 3902:Edward Fudge and Robert Peterson, 3733:Fisher, David A. (December 2011). 3565:Chapter 6, "Hell: Not Endless" in 3465:Zuhlsdorf, Fr. John (2011-03-17). 3385:The Doctrine of Endless Punishment 3112:. 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