The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2
- Table of Contents
- Charts and Tabulations
- From Author to Reader
- Part I — From Repression and Obscurity to Restoration (600 to 1800)
- Part II — Gathering Momentum and Status (1800 to 1900)
- Part III — Accelerated Acceptance and Expansion (Twentieth Century)
- CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: Twentieth Century Epoch of Far-reaching Expansion
- I. Comprehensive Over-all View of Current Living Witnesses
- II. Archbishop Temple Presents the Case for Conditionalism
- III. Danish Beck and Teisen-Champions of Conditionalism
- IV. Swedish Cleric Ekman-“Unquenchable Fire” Totally Consumes
- V. Dean Bennett-Willfully Wicked to Be Completely Destroyed
- VI. Cambridge’s Dodd-No Innate Immortality in Bible
- VII. St. Paul’s Dean Matthews-Favors Conditional Immortality
- VIII. Translator Moffatt-Challenges Eternal Torment; Commends Conditionalism
- CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: Lutheran Bishop, Catholic Cardinal, and Anglican Rector Speak Out
- CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: Swedish, English, Scottish, and American Voices Attest
- I. Bishop Nygren-Scholarly Portrayal of “Innatism” v. Conditionalism
- II. Bristol’s Findlay-Conditionalism Both “Reasonable and Consistent”
- III. Boston’s Knudson-Growing Rejection of Eternal Torment Theory
- IV. Swedish Bishop Resurrection Life, Not Discarnate Existence
- V. Edinburgh’s Baillie-Admits “Conditionalism May Be Right”
- VI. Scotland’s Stewart-Pauline Truth v. Greek and Jewish Errors
- VII. Bible College Forbes-No “Infinite Torture for Finite Sin”
- VIII. Bowman American Tract-Arrays Plato Against Paul
- IX. Oxford’s Quick-Man Wholly Dies Before Totally Living
- X. Swedish Bishop Soul Is “as Mortal” as Body
- CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: Group Statements and Individual Utterances Concur
- I. Archdeacon Guillebaud-Ultimate Extinction for Wicked
- II. Guillebaud’s Summary of Conclusions
- III. Mansfield’s Micklem-Innate Immortality Is Greek, Not Biblical
- IV. Anglican Commission-“Eternal Life” Only for “Believers in Christ”
- V. Sweden’s Kahnlund-Creative Resurrection Bestows Immortality
- VI. Schoolmaster Cundy-Resurrection, Not Survival of Separated Souls
- VII. Wesley’s Snaith—Innate Immortality Not “Biblical Idea”
- VIII. Birmingham’s Major—Fire Unextinguishable Consumes Its Victims
- CHAPTER FORTY: Dutch, Scotch, Welsh, English, Swedish, American, Swiss Testify
- I. Gronigen’s Leeuw Soul Ceases to Exist Until Resurrection
- II. Edinburgh’s Taylor-Second Death Is “Suicide” Death
- III. Beasley-Murray-Survival of Soul Only Would Be Fragmentary
- IV. Welsh Dean North-Body Necessary for Resurrected Personality
- V. Free Church’s Vine-Man Not Immortal, but “Immortizable”
- VI. Swedish Bishop Auleén-Immortality Divine “Gift,” Not “Human Prerogative”
- VII. Lutheran’s Heinecken-Man Has No Inherent Immortality
- VIII. Union’s Niebuhr-Sole Hope of Survival Lies in Resurrection
- IX. Harvard’s Dean Sperry-Sinners Vanish Into Eternal “Nothingness”
- CHAPTER FORTY-ONE: Rectors, Deans, Bishops, Professors, and Editors
- I. Rector Simcox-Not a “Guess” About the “Grand Perhaps”
- II. Princeton’s Ramsey-Immortality Derivative, Not Inherent
- III. Dean Vidler-“Inherent” Immortality Not Biblical Doctrine
- IV. Caird of McGill-Resurrection Restores “Whole Personality”
- V. Woolwich’s Bishop Robinson-Fundamental Fallacies of Immortal-Soulism
- VI. Augustana’s Wahlstrom-“Resurrection” Only Hope of Future Life
- VII. Hartford’s Spinka-Rejects “Damned to Eternal Torments”
- VIII. Pike and Pittenger-Not “Indestructible” Nature, but Resurrection
- IX. Temple’s Taylor—Denies Presumptive “Deathlessness” of the Soul
- X. Rector Davies-Immortal-Soulism Not Biblical but Greek
- XI. Edinburgh’s Manson-Resurrection Transforms “Mortal Nature”
- XII. Stockholm’s Bolander-Deliverance Not Through Death, but Resurrection
- XIII. Manchester’s Manson-Man Sleeps in Death
- XIV. Tubingen’s Heim-No Continuance in “Disembodied State”
- XV. Canadian Commentator Short-Not “Inherently Immortal”
- CHAPTER FORTY-TWO: New and Old World Spokesmen Probe Heart of Problem
- I. Queen’s Shaw-Favors Conditionalism; Rejects Eternal Torment
- II. Drew’s Craig-Immortality Not Inherent but “Put On”
- III. Boston’s De Wolf-No Inescapable “Everlasting Torture”
- IV. Archeologist Wright-Eternity Entered by “Resurrection of Body”
- V. Theological Debate in Scandinavia Over “Hell” and “Heaven”
- VI. Lutheran Kantonen-No Inherent Capacity to Overleap Tomb
- VII. Richmond’s Roberts-Immortality a Gift, Not a Possession
- VIII. Atkinson of Cambridge-Man Not Immortal; Punishing Not Eternal
- CHAPTER FORTY-THREE: Various Accusing Fingers Incriminate Platonism
- I. Toronto’s Owen-“Greek Dualism” Perverted Christian Theology
- II. Zurich’s Brunner-Sinner Brings “Eternal Destruction” Upon Himself
- III. Aberdeen’s Hunter-Pauline Truth Exposes Platonic Error
- IV. India’s Bishop Newbigin-Resurrection Not Immortality
- V. Disciples’ Robinson-“Bodiless Existence” of Greek Innatism Invalid
- VI. Erlangen’s Stauffer-Dead “Sleep” Under God’s Protective Eye
- VII. Wesleyan’s Spurrier-Rejects Platonic Soul Separation
- VIII. Union’s Brown-Not Greek Innate Immortality but Resurrection
- IX. Switzerland’s Kraemer-Innatism Not Biblical but Greek
- X. Presbyterian Bible Lesson Presents “Immortality Through Christ”
- XI. Hooke of London-Greek Inherent Immortality Not in Bible
- XII. Oral Declaration of Late Keswick Teacher, W. Graham Scroggie
- CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR: Conservatives, Liberals, Even Catholics Speak Out
- I. Switzerland’s Cullmann-Eminent Champion of Conditionalism
- II. Manchester’s Rowley—Greek Immortal-Soulism a Deception
- III. Edinburgh’s Read-Not Something “Released at Death”
- IV. Catholic Tresmontant-Not Part but “Whole Man” Saved
- V. Dominican Trémel—Not “Natural Immortality”; “Resurrection” After “Sleep”
- VI. Earlham’s Trueblood-Disavows an “Eternal Hell”
- VII. Harvard’s Tillich-“Natural” Immortality Not “Christian Doctrine”
- VIII. Harvard’s Hocking-Not “Immortality” but “Immortability”
- IX. Princeton’s Homrighausen—Questions Independent Persistence of Spirit
- X. Methodist Perry-No “Disembodied Existence” Beyond Death
- XI. Adventists Reiterate Conditionalism in 1957 Statement
- XII. Colgate-Rochester’s Hamilton-Platonic Assurance a “Lie”
- XIII. Drew’s Anderson-Mortality of Man v. Greek ImmortalSoulism
- XIV. Chaplain Irion-“Philosophical” Immortality Contradicts Biblical “Resurrection”
- XV. Marburg’s Bultmann-Man a Unified Organism, Not Dualistic
- XVI. Ceylon’s Niles-Not “Natural Immortality” but “Resurrection”
- CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE: Sixth Decade Closes With Significant Presentation
- I. Moravian’s Heller-Immortality Not of Man, but From God
- II. San Francisco’s Gill-“Discarnate” Spirit Idea Not Sanctioned by Bible
- III. Canadian “United Church” Committee Report on “Life and Death”
- IV. Von Allmen and Associates-Conditionalist Terms Defined
- V. St. Aldate’s De Berry-Not Eternal Torment, but “Annihilation”
- VI. Handsworth’s Strawson-Eternal Life a Gift, Not Inherent
- CHAPTER FORTY-SIX: Augmented Influences Radiate to Ends of Earth
- I. New College’s Simpson-Man “Immort-able” Not Innately Immortal
- II. Amsterdam’s Korff and Van Niftrik-Innatism Alien to Bible
- III. St. Paul’s Holden-Dead All “Sleep” Till Second Advent
- IV. Baptist Andrews-Hellenic Inroads Neutralize Early “Hope”
- V. Drew’s Michalson-No Immortality Apart From Resurrection
- VI. Swedish-American Princell-Sinner’s Punishment Comes to an End
- VII. British Conditionalist Sceats-Veteran Champion of Conditionalism
- VIII. Three Afrikaans Theologians Voice Conditionalist Positions
- CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN: Mass Communications Media Present Conditionalism
- CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT: Important Contributions Conclude Current Survey
- I. Unique and Valuable Collation by Moses Crouse
- II. National Council’s Swaim-Immortality a “Gift,” Not “Inherent” Endowment
- III. McCormick’s Knight-Innatism Based on Apocrypha Not Bible
- IV. Western’s Cocks—Man Lives Again Only by Resurrection
- V. Catholic Professor-Editor Davis—Innatism “Alien to Christianity”
- VI. Princeton’s Hendry-Reinterprets “Westminster’s” Statements
- VII. Anglican Rector Bateson-Arraigns Traditionalist Fallacies
- VIII. Scientist Schweitzer-Innate Immortality a Greek Derivation
- IX. Conditionalist Kearney-Assembles Brilliant Quota of French Writers
- X. Barth Over Radio Affirms Man Mortal, Not Immortal
- XI. Professor Vaucher-Handbook of Continental Conditionalism
- XII. Japan’s Hatano-Resurrection Is From “Nothingness”
- XIII. Baptist Pastor Hatch Becomes Ardent Conditionalist
- CHAPTER FORTY-NINE: Recapitulating the Evidence for Individual Conclusions
- CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: Twentieth Century Epoch of Far-reaching Expansion
- Part IV — Spiritualism Climaxes the Conflict (A Determining Factor)
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Subject Guide