universalism

By George Sumner Strive to enter through the narrow gate. Sometimes history and culture come to cast a question in a different light. The late George...

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.

A theology of death should be accompanied by a healthy dose of agnosticism, since what happens after death is up to God and not to us.

Insistently and unambiguously Universalist, St. Isaac believed that God’s love will conquer every rebel heart.

If universalism is true, it cannot be true apart from the Cross. Humanity is broken and needs to be fixed.