of the “immortal soul” rests entirely in the hands of the Creator. They said these things when talking about the soul itself, but when they talked about final punishment, their reasoning was inconsistent with what they had said about the soul.17 The immortality of the soul became a subject of intense controversy during the Reformation, but the convergence of Calvin’s vehemence, Luther’s reticence, and the antipathy of both men toward the Anabaptists, resulted in the inclusion of Catholic traditionalism