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I don't mind that his sentences are eight lines long or that he addresses four different concepts in a single sentence, most of which often do not have any relationship to each other. What I do mind is that his paragraphs are four pages long and are not at all organized so as to include only one topic per paragraph. Damn modernists.
— Jun 13, 2024 06:15PM
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Regarding Ch.1, von Balthasar's premise is lucid and defined. Regarding Ch.2, after some reflection on the substance and context of the verses von Balthasar proffers, I think he is grasping at straws. Few of the verses he addresses are as controversial or convincing as they may appear when taken in complete context. Ch.3 contains an imaginative description of hell and some stick-in-the-mud interpretations of Origen
— Jun 18, 2024 11:54PM
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Jun 13, 2024 09:25PM
Update: it took me literally three readings of Balthasar's dense 2nd Chapter (the most it has ever taken me to comprehend anything, including Kant) but, with the help of serious consideration of the scriptural references, I think Balthasar's thesis of broadly defined parameters for salvation (based solely on scripture) is far from proven. He does, however, raise intriguing questions concerning some verses (especially from John, 1 Timothy, and Titus) that seem to favor his view that hell is quite empty, verses that are deeply in need of addressing in order to explain them in any other light.
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