The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2

III. Boston’s Knudson-Growing Rejection of Eternal Torment Theory

A passing word must be given to Dean ALBERT C. KNUDSON, ³² of the Boston University School of Theology, who states that there is a growing feeling that the notion of eternal punishing is inconsistent with the goodness of God. ³³ The Eternal Torment tradition does not adequately take into account the fact of human freedom. And Knudson dissents from the view that if all are not saved, God’s purpose in creation is therefore thwarted-because of this very element of man’s freedom. ³⁴ CFF2 789.4