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61301 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 762.7 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Thus each soul, endowed with the power of sovereign choice, has, according to Bishop Gore, “the awful capacity to make or destroy himself.” These were Dean Bennett’s recorded positions on the nature and destiny of man.41) Ibid.
61302 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 765.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the nature of reality, it leads through self assertion to the destruction of the self.” 49) Ibid.
61303 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 765.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… by nature “an undying possession.” He even spoke with favor of Conditional Immortality-and by name at that-which is the complete antithesis of Platonism, and …
61304 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 772.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the nature and destiny of man. These constitute fringe voices in the far-flung chorus that knows no creedal boundaries. One such declaration was made by no …
61305 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 775.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… body naturally cease, and the whole material Organism or body, deprived of life, returns to dust and corruption.” 15) G. Waller The Biblical View of the Soul, p. 7 …
61306 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 781.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
That is the gist of Waller’s contribution, here given for reference. He emphasizes the two principles of the nature of man and his state in death.
61307 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 782.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the nature and destiny of man is largely confined to Anglo-Saxon treatises formulated in Britain and North America. One of the ablest published discussions …
61308 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 782.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… for “Nature” and for “Grace.” They represent two fundamentally different beliefs (Translator’s Preface, pp. 8, 10, 13.) It was published in English by the S.P.C.K …
61309 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 784.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
“This conception of the double nature of man, of the Divine origin and quality of the soul, its liberation from the things of sense, and its ascent to its original Divine home, is the common basis on which every theory of Eros rests.” 6) Ibid.
61310 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 784.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… soul’s natural immortality.” This divine spark, this “fragment”—man’s “essential being”—is to be retrieved, and returned to its “heavenly home.” According to Greek …
61311 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 784.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… his nature is a fragment of the Divine cosmic reason. What he needs, therefore, is to be made aware of the degradation of his present state, put off the earthly …
61312 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 784.7 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… a natural endowment of the soul, which bespeaks its Divine origin. All that is required is that the soul should purify itself and set itself free from its bondage …
61313 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 785.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the natural immortality of the soul is completely foreign to the Agape motif. Instead, we find a belief in the resurrection of the dead. In the course of history …
61314 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 785.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the natural immortality of the soul becomes the fundamental religious dogma, we can be fairly certain that we are within the sphere of Eros. But where the …
61315 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 785.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… by nature divine and immortal while the other was impure and perishable. Death is the judgment of God upon human life in its entirety, and resurrection is …
61316 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 786.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… divine nature of the soul. That is why the idea is godless and blasphemous.” 16) Ibid., p. 281.
61317 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 787.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Origen never deviated from Dualism. On this Nygren is emphatic. He cites Origen: “Man has thus a dual nature: on the one hand, the fallen spirit, on the other, the body which is the spirit’s prisonhouse.” 21) Ibid., p. 384.
61318 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 787 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
6. IRENAEUS REJECTS “NATURAL IMMORTALITY” CONCEPT
61319 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 787.6 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… its ‘nature’ or essence; but to Irenaeus this is vain conceit, ingratitude to God and rejection of Him—‘as if we had life from ourselves.’” 24) Ibid., p. 404.
61320 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 2, p. 787.7 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
In contradistinction to Greek “natural immortality” Irenaeus stoutly affirms: