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Dare We Hope “That All Men Be Saved”?: With a Short Discourse on Hell is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Church’s teaching on hell has been generally neglected by theologians, with the notable exception of Hans Urs von Balthasar. However, what he has said has stirred controversy both in Europe and in the United States. Here he responds in a clear and concise way, grounding his reflections clearly in Scripture. Revelation gives us neither the assurance that all will be saved, nor the certitude...

of all” (for all share the responsibility for Christ’s condemnation) “justification and life came for all”. The repeatedly stressed words “much more” and “abounding” cannot be ignored (Rom 5:15–21). All just pious exaggeration? Many passages could be added here, I do not at all deny that their force is weakened by the series of threatening ones; I only dispute that the series of threats invalidates the cited universalist statements. And I claim nothing more than this: that these statements give us
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