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Annihilationism (Conditional Immortality)

What if the lost simply cease to be, rather than burn forever

Annihilationism, or conditional immortality, holds that the unsaved finally cease to exist rather than endure eternal conscious torment. Echoes appear early in Arnobius, and various modern proponents have revived it. Traditions differ: it is a minority view held by some across denominations, while the historic majority of Christian teaching has affirmed everlasting conscious punishment. It remains a contested position rather than a settled consensus.

How it traveled

  1. Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects
    Northampton, Massachusetts · 1758
    challenges

Key passages(10)

Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects — Sermon XI. THE ETERNITY OF HELL TORMENTS. — part 3↗challenges

Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards

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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects — Sermon XI. THE ETERNITY OF HELL TORMENTS. — part 4↗challenges

Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards

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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects — Sermon XI. THE ETERNITY OF HELL TORMENTS. — part 1↗challenges

Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards

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The Enchiridion — There is No Ground in Scripture for the Opinion of Those Who Deny the Eternity of Future Punishments.↗challenges

The Enchiridion · Augustine of Hippo

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The Letters of St. Jerome — To Avitus. — part 3↗challenges

The Letters of St. Jerome · Jerome

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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects — Sermon IX. THE FUTURE PUNISHMENT OF THE WICKED UNAVOIDABLE AND INTOLERABLE. — part 3↗challenges

Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards

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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects — Sermon XI. THE ETERNITY OF HELL TORMENTS. — part 8↗challenges

Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards

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City of God — Of the eternal punishment of the wicked in hell, and of the various objections urged against it. — Of Those Who Fancy that No Men Shall Be Punished Eternally.↗challenges

City of God · Augustine of Hippo

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City of God — Of the last judgment, and the declarations regarding it in the Old and New Testaments. — Whether the Fire that Came Down Out of Heaven and Devoured Them Refers to the Last Punishment of the Wicked.↗challenges

City of God · Augustine of Hippo

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Seventeen Occasional Sermons — SERMON VII. The Portion of the Wicked — part 5↗challenges

Seventeen Occasional Sermons · Jonathan Edwards

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