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Universal Salvation

Presumption: A Pathetic Self-Deception

GUEST COLUMN

Anne Barbeau Gardiner

April 2016

How can one disobey God's laws with impunity, redefine rights at will, call sin a virtue, regard self-interest as "conscience," and yet "hope" to be saved by God's mercy?

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If Limbo Is Gone -- Then It's On to Universal Salvation

EDITORIAL

Dale Vree

July-August 2007

The ITC's "Hope of Salvation for Infants Who Die Without Being Baptized" is not authoritative but was signed by Pope Benedict XVI. Who knows what that means?

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How Lovely!
November 2006

Communio, the premier journal for whooping up Hans Urs von Bathasar, informs us confidently that all men are indeed saved.

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Plan A & Plan B
September 2006

George Kendall has problems with the belief held by many traditional Catholics that the majority of mankind is damned.

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Your Final Destination

CHOOSE YOUR GATE

Abbot Joseph

January 2006

In our "fallen" world it is often easier to commit sin than to practice virtue, and self-indulgence is more attractive than self-denial.

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The Most Important Question in Life
November 2004

Why we pay so much attention to Hell...

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The Broad & Comfortable Road to Lukewarm Christianity & Destruction

THE DEADLY PERIL OF IGNORING "THE NARROW GATE"

Frederick W. Marks

July/August 2004

If our Lord could use "narrow gate" imagery to spur His listeners to repentance, then so can we.

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The Dubious Adrienne von Speyr

CORRECTING THE DEPOSIT OF FAITH?

Anne Barbeau Gardiner

September 2002

Perhaps tied to old memories from her pre-Catholic youth, Speyr's private revelations seem to conflict with Catholic teaching on vital points.

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In Defense of Richard John Neuhaus

THE BEAUTY OF THE VISION TO WHICH HE POINTS

Janet Holl Madigan

July/August 2001

Neuhaus reminds us that although our culture is degraded, all Christians should take heart for through his cross and resurrection Christ has set us free.

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Vengeance Is NOT Mine, Says "the Lord"
July/August 2001

The Oklahoma City bomber and his 168 victims are going straight to heaven -- so says Fr. Ron Ashmore.

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If Everyone Is Saved...

WHY BOTHER?

Dale Vree

January 2001

If no one goes to Hell, then all the talk about Hell in the Bible — and from the Church — is utterly cruel, needlessly cruel, maybe sadistic.

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The Inflated Reputation of Hans Urs von Balthasar

COMPASSION TO A FAULT

Regis Scanlon

March 2000

Hoping that all will be saved – when Scripture says that some are lost – is like hoping that no one ever sins when we know that Adam and Eve sinned.

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Is Hell Closed Up & Boarded Over?

ON BEING MORE TENDERHEARTED THAN GOD HIMSELF

David Watt

February 1999

Where eternal rewards and punishments are concerned, are we more tenderhearted and clear-eyed than our forebears in faith -- than God Himself?

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Revisiting & Redefining Universal Salvation

PERFECT JUSTICE COUPLED WITH PERFECT MERCY

Hurd Baruch

Let us acknowledge that there is a Hell, and that there are souls in it. Is there a way to reconcile that reality with the concept of universal salvation?

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