Glory to God For All Things

Tag: Hades and Hell

  • Preaching to the Dead

    The Orthodox mark Holy Saturday (the day before Christ’s Resurrection) as the day in which He descends to the dead and preaches to the departed spirits (1 Peter 3:18-19). There is a long history of wonderful sermons on this topic. St. Cyril of Alexandria (early 5th century) says: “For having destroyed hell and opened the impassable…

  • The Geography of Heaven and Hell

    I noticed tonight in a Facebook discussion a reference to this article – thus I thought a reprint might be timely. I continue to be amazed at the literalism that infects the minds of many Christians. Just because Scripture uses the language of geography to describe something does not at all mean that we should…

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  1. Byron, I sometimes think the same thing. I sincerely believe that there are surprises involved – that the things we…

  2. we should long for the judgment of God that we might be freed from the hay, wood, and stubble that…

  3. Jacob, Sub-creation. That’s an interesting question. I don’t recall reading any patristic content on the topic (which is not to…

  4. Christ is Risen, your blessing dear Father, this was my favourite article of yours, I loved reading about the South…

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