What I'm Currently Reading
I have shifted gears a bit on my reading shedule and decided to pick up, once again, Hans Urs Von Balthasar's work titled Dare We Hope "That All Men Be Saved"? This is due in part to a conversation I recently had with my good friends whom I meet with for our regualr "gatherings."
The issue of the salvation off all men, as opposed to views such as limited atonement, etc. was a hot button at our last meeting. I am currently in transition with regard to my thinking on this issue and this topic actually derailed my current studies on justification.
It's hard to stay on track when there are so many topics I desire to study. Has anyone out there read this book, and if so what are your current thoughts?
The issue of the salvation off all men, as opposed to views such as limited atonement, etc. was a hot button at our last meeting. I am currently in transition with regard to my thinking on this issue and this topic actually derailed my current studies on justification.
It's hard to stay on track when there are so many topics I desire to study. Has anyone out there read this book, and if so what are your current thoughts?
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posted by T.B. Vick | 11:00 AM
3 Comments:
And not just the salvation of "all men" but all women too!
Several points:
1) What Balthasar says is rather simple: we are to hope for the salvation of all (i.e., salvation is a matter of faith, hope and love; it is not a matter of a calculus of knowledge); hell or eternal loss is a real possibility, yes, but God's love/mercy is sovereign...
2) what could be controversial is the WAY one argues for this hope...
3) there are those who are SURE that hell is a populated "place"...
4) Ultimately, it is all a question of what kind of God we have in the revelation of Jesus Christ...
Anon . . . true.
tony,
Your points are what I'm getting out of his work so far, however there must be more because he declares that his views have been rejected quite heavily in Catholic circles (as he mentions anyway).
It has been a great read so far, I look forward to getting through it so I can digest and work through the note I'm taking as I read it.
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