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14741 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 937.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… whole argument on two premises: (1) God’s objective in bestowing such existence, and (2) the right employment of the rational nature by those who have received …
14742 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 937 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
3. GIST OF THE RESURRECTION ARGUMENT
14743 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 938.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
In his argument Athenagoras contends that a resurrection is not “impossible for God.” And in chapter three (“He Who Could Create, Can Also Raise Up the Dead”) he states:
14744 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 939.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… the argument for the resurrection, namely, “The Purpose Contemplated in Man’s Creation.” He was not created “at random,” but “for the sake of life and continuance …
14745 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 944.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… tangent argument. And this was written about A.D. 178.
14746 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 954.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… , the arguments used to support them, and the conclusions to which Tertullian was led. They are vital to his thesis.
14747 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 954.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… to arguments similar to those used by Plato. Thus Tertullian invokes Plato by name, both for term and teaching. In two separate treatises Tertullian links …
14748 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 955.5 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… his argument.) But he relied on the expression “God ... breathed into his nostrils the breath of life,” drawing inconsistent deductions therefrom.
14749 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 957.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… “Biblical” argument for the soul’s Innate Immortality, Tertullian claimed to have supernatural support in the form of personal revelations through the …
14750 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 958.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Such was Tertullian’s argument and belief on the “immortality of the soul,” and the grounds thereof.
14751 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 959.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… philosophical arguments that carried Tertullian on into this theory of Endless Torment for the wicked. The first we have already surveyed—that the wicked …
14752 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 960.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Thus the “philosophers” are again invoked in this second philosophical argument, and this “secret fire,” shared with them, is defined as being
14753 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 962.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… philosophical arguments—the concept of the Innate Immortality of all souls and the figment of a divine, or secret, fire—were put forward by Tertullian to …
14754 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 966.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
Tertullian then continues his argument:
14755 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 979.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… strict argument like Athenagoras. But all the way through his earlier writings he taught immortality in the sense of endless existence for the saved. In …
14756 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 991.2 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… very arguments, in embryonic form, that his brilliant pupil and successor, Origen, carried to their ultimate. Clement can rightly be designated the father …
14757 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 1007.4 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… . His argument was simply this: The sinner will not be destroyed, for the simple reason that he is indestructible. He possesses an immortality of which he cannot …
14758 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 1023.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… strangest argument concerns the second death, which Origen implies is really a second and eternal life. That is on his assumption that death means ceasing …
14759 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 1036.3 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… true arguments,” nor “evidence by which they might convince.” And he adds, both here and elsewhere, that this will be more fully dealt with in book seven—and thus …
14760 The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1, p. 1040.1 (LeRoy Edwin Froom)
… Plato’s argument as affirming that the “work of God” would “remain for ever.” And he poses the question, “If it was made for the sake of men, and so made as to be eternal …