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60821 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 914.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“Why, then, was the nature of man made at the beginning capable of death? I will tell you, because of free-will; for if we were not capable of death, we could not, as being immortal, be punished on account of our voluntary sin.” 45) Ibid., p. 335.
60822 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 916.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the nature and destiny of man, already in vogue. Innate Immortal-Soulism is definitely on the gain.51) Ibid., p. 186.
60823 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 919.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… “intermediate” nature of man—that he was originally created neither mortal nor immortal, but capable of either destiny. Such a teaching was, of course, detrimental …
60824 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 923.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… human nature as it is, to refute the argument then current for the “extravagant opinion” of the soul’s immortality. In sweeping strokes he paints the over-all …
60825 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 923.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the nature of the soul as a simple substance—as “divine, and therefore immortal”; and from its supposed reminiscences of a pre-existent state. Then there are …
60826 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 924.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… , the nature of the soul and the concept that the soul is deprived of remembrance of former existences by being “fettered” with the human body. Next, he deals with …
60827 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 928.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the nature and destiny of man—despite its definite conflict with prevalent Christian teachings. The pathfinder on this revolutionary road was Athenagoras …
60828 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1
… immortal nature” (chap. 23, p. 161). “Possessed of an immortal soul and rational judgment” (chap. 24, p. 162).
60829 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 932.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… peculiar nature” (ibid.); “continuance invariable and unchangeable” (ibid.); “continue to exist without end” (ibid.); “unchangeable continuance” (ibid.); and “incapable …
60830 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 934.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… their nature and the government entrusted to them,” and thus fell. Then in chapter twenty-seven Athenagoras touches on the “Artifices of the Demons,” how they …
60831 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 934.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… and nature of the “soul”—noted six times in a single paragraph—and uses such terms as “irrational,” “fantastic,” “delusive,” and “empty visions,” in describing such views …
60832 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 936.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the natural immortality of man. But he bases this purely on the argument of reason, with no appeal to the authority of Scripture, not even invoking Christ’s …
60833 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 937.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“Since this cause [of man’s creation] is seen to lie in perpetual existence, the being so created must be preserved for ever doing and experiencing what is suitable to its nature.” 12) Ibid. (Italics supplied.
60834 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 937.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… rational nature by those who have received it. Eternity of bliss is for those who have employed their nature in accordance with the divine purpose in bestowing …
60835 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 938.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the nature that man received] is a pledge of his continuance for ever, and this continuance is a pledge of the resurrection, without which man could not continue …
60836 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 938.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“But it is impossible for him to continue unless he rise again. For if no resurrection were to take place, the nature of men as men would not continue.” 14) Ibid., chap. 15, p. 157.
60837 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 939.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… life naturally suited to it, since the cause itself [of its existence] is bound up with its nature, and is recognised only in connection with existence itself …
60838 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 940.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Having dealt with “the purpose of God in forming men,” Athenagoras now comes, in chapter fifteen, to the “nature of the men created.” On this he explicitly declares:
60839 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 940.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… whole nature of men in general is composed of an immortal soul and a body which was fitted to it in the creation, and if neither to the nature of the soul by itself …
60840 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 940.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… creation, nature, life, doings, sufferings, existence—and the “end” suited to his nature, which makes it the same as its constitution. Thus: “The parts dissolved …