by Fr. Stephen Freeman Originally entitled "The Real Hell – Is There Such a Thing?" Because sometimes the people of God need a basic lesson in the nature of existence… On one of the roads leading into my small city a billboard has recently appeared. It is part of a larger campaign by a nationally … [Read more...]
St. John of Damascus On Hell
by John Sanidopoulos Below are some very characteristic and very important passages from Saint John of Damascus on the subject of Hell: 1. Hell is not God's punishment, but it is a state of receptivity. It appears that Hell and Paradise as "places" do not exist. There is only God, who is … [Read more...]
Gehenna – the Torment of God’s Love
by St. Isaac the Syrian From Ascetical Homilies 27: "In love did God bring the world into existence; in love is God going to bring it to that wondrous transformed state, and in love will the world be swallowed up in the great mystery of the One who has performed all these things; in love will … [Read more...]
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