Holy Saturday and the “Apocalypse” of Hell Guest Contributor April 11, 2020 Commentary, Ethics, Liturgy, The Episcopal Church By Hannah Bowman Holy Saturday liturgically commemorates Jesus’s descent into hell, or descent to the dead: an ambiguously interpreted tradition that found its way from a few obscure references in the New Te... Read More...
Advent, The Four Last Things: Hell Guest Contributor December 23, 2019 Commentary, The Episcopal Church Jesus’ coming in Advent is not only his coming as an infant in Bethlehem, nor only his coming as our judge at the end of time. It is also his coming to the depths of death and judgment: his presence in hell which grants it its truest, realest existence while at the same time undoing its sting with infinite mercy. Jesus’ presence in hell is the paradoxical symbol of justice that promises us the fullness of mercy and the fullness of judgment of God.
Lent and the Glory of the Lord Mother Miriam, CSM March 12, 2018 Commentary, The Episcopal Church The idea that a mortal being could give itself as the immortal Word is a contradiction that would seem necessarily to burst open and destroy human existence.
A response to “The Voices of Buchenwald” Charlie Clauss February 20, 2015 Commentary If universalism is true, it cannot be true apart from the Cross. Humanity is broken and needs to be fixed.
