Universalism The Prevailing Doctrine of the Christian Church During its First Five Hundred Years John Wesley Hanson 9781631741197 Books
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John Wesley Hanson was an American Universalist minister and a notable Universalist historian advancing the claim that Universalism was the belief of early Christianity. This is arguably his most important work, Universalism the Prevailing Doctrine of the Christian Church During its First Five Hundred Years. Enjoy this classic work! Produced by Beloved Publishing
Universalism The Prevailing Doctrine of the Christian Church During its First Five Hundred Years John Wesley Hanson 9781631741197 Books
Just finished reading. Excellent to have a book on this topic that comes from an earlier era. Backs up with historically accurate authority all the more current books from authors such as Bradley Jersak, Sharon L Baker, Gregory Macdonald (Robin Parry), Rob Bell, George W Sarris, WM Paul Young and so forth.Each of these authors have great things to say in their own way but it's good to get some solid historical background from the first 500 years of Christianity. The loss of meaning caused by the shift from Greek to Latin. The way the 4th century writers and critics began to turn on the 2nd century founding fathers.
I know this book looks like a hard read (a bit dry) but it was better than I had anticipated in that regard. My copy is now marked out with pen and highlights and forms more of a reference book for me.
If the concept of Christian Universalism seems a bit lightweight to you. It the topic seems merely comprised of feelgood new-age slop.... then this book should be an eye opener for you.
If you're on a bit of a journey with this topic then I possibly would consider working up to this book. It provides a solid historical background in support of more accessible works for me.
I would suggest starting with the excellent DVD/BluRay documentary "Hellbound?" by Kevin Miller. Rob Bells "Velvet Elvis and "Love Wins" can seem lightweight to some and merely ask a lot of questions.... but they do start one thinking. Possibly the best stand alone book is "Heaven's Doors" by George W Sarris. Other authors mentioned are excellent too and go deeper once the interest is there. Bradley Jersak in particular offers good historical and theological background but it's pretty heavy and slow to start with.
The story God is telling is the most wonderful one imaginable. It's so mush better... so much more victorious and complete than the nasty small story the Latins and the west have reduced it to since 500 AD. God Wins, Love Wins.
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Universalism The Prevailing Doctrine of the Christian Church During its First Five Hundred Years John Wesley Hanson 9781631741197 Books Reviews
This book is exactly what it says it is, a review of the first five hundred years of the church, and the various evidences for Universalism being the prevailing doctrine. The writer makes the case well, going through the early centuries chronologically and charting the course of Christian sentiment. Needless to say, the pivotal earthly figures in the drama are Origen on the side of Universalism (and I might add, the Greek language), and Augustine as the austere Latin speaker who brought down the hammer of condemnation upon the sweetness of the Koine gospel.
Indeed, one of the many important thrusts to Hanson's narrative is the fact that the early Greek speakers understood 'aionion' to have a meaning other than absolute endlessness, and that the later Latin leaders (and by extension, many modern language speakers) misunderstand those words, and others. He compellingly makes the case that the early Greek leaders could hardly have misunderstood a word in their own native tongue.
Another layer of attention is given to the fact that Universalism was nowhere denounced in those early centuries, even when various prominent figures were compiling and publishing various lists of heresies at the same time that outspoken Universalists such as Origen, Clement, and Gregory Nyssa were in the public eye, without this truth being mentioned in any of the lists at any time.
There are many more interesting and revealing points made by the author throughout the work, and he does a masterful job at showing how the belief in Christ's atoning sacrifice being ultimately triumphant over all only began to die when the light of the Greek speaking church era gave way to the long Latin night. Indeed, he had me chuckling out loud - though ruefully, when he writes "It seems to have been the fashion with the ancient Latin theologians to burn the books they could not refute."
For anyone who has already seen the wonderful reality of God's ultimate purpose of being "all in all" in the scriptures, this work will add another dimension of evidence. For anyone who does not necessarily believe, but would like to examine the cases for and against the ultimate salvation of all, this would be useful also, especially as a companion to a book explaining the truth from the scriptures themselves (I personally like Preston Eby's efforts, though they may only be available in online format).
I do have some quibbles with the book, though mostly minor - the printing is not a very good quality, having that same slightly blurry look that photocopies have. Some of the small print at the bottom is almost too blurred to read at times. Besides that, Hanson is almost overly effusive in his praise of the Universalists character, when the facts stand on their own. A reference to them being known as Godly individuals is one thing, but given a enthusiastic breakdown of every sublime character trait could be seen as protesting too much, if it were not for the accompanying evidence. Finally, I don't always agree with the author's viewpoints on certain issues, hinted at here and there, such as one place where he calls Mary worship the only glimmer of light in the dark ages of Christianity.
That all being said, I am grading the book on it's success in achieving it's stated aim, and I believe it earns the full five stars.
By scholars' standards, this book unequivocally proves that the Church Fathers and most of the Church were Universalist during the first five-hundred years of Christianity. The evidence is overwhelming. It's not just one or two proofs presented here that confirm this, it's over twenty. One important evidence is that the Pharisees and Pagans both use two Greek terms they use that mean eternal punishment, and they explain it at length. But Jesus and the Church Fathers use a very different term which means temporary rather than eternal. Also, the Greek words Jesus and the Church Fathers use for punishment and judgment are specifically words used that mean correctional, where as the word the Pagans and Pharisees used to describe hell was a vindictive type of punishment. Also, Universalim is never once condemned in the first 500 years of the Church until the days of Augustine, a natural born Pagan who admitted he hated the Kline Greek of the New Testament and could not read it. As long as the Church Fathers were native Greek speakers, they understood the Bible to teach temporary punishment that purified people and got them to Heaven. But the Latin Church Fathers were a vile bunch who ushered in one of the worst ages of the Church. And yet of them, only Augustine condemned Universalism. The council refused to condemn Universalism even after Justinian ordered them to do so. This boom should be required reading for all Christians and scholars.
Just finished reading. Excellent to have a book on this topic that comes from an earlier era. Backs up with historically accurate authority all the more current books from authors such as Bradley Jersak, Sharon L Baker, Gregory Macdonald (Robin Parry), Rob Bell, George W Sarris, WM Paul Young and so forth.
Each of these authors have great things to say in their own way but it's good to get some solid historical background from the first 500 years of Christianity. The loss of meaning caused by the shift from Greek to Latin. The way the 4th century writers and critics began to turn on the 2nd century founding fathers.
I know this book looks like a hard read (a bit dry) but it was better than I had anticipated in that regard. My copy is now marked out with pen and highlights and forms more of a reference book for me.
If the concept of Christian Universalism seems a bit lightweight to you. It the topic seems merely comprised of feelgood new-age slop.... then this book should be an eye opener for you.
If you're on a bit of a journey with this topic then I possibly would consider working up to this book. It provides a solid historical background in support of more accessible works for me.
I would suggest starting with the excellent DVD/BluRay documentary "Hellbound?" by Kevin Miller. Rob Bells "Velvet Elvis and "Love Wins" can seem lightweight to some and merely ask a lot of questions.... but they do start one thinking. Possibly the best stand alone book is "Heaven's Doors" by George W Sarris. Other authors mentioned are excellent too and go deeper once the interest is there. Bradley Jersak in particular offers good historical and theological background but it's pretty heavy and slow to start with.
The story God is telling is the most wonderful one imaginable. It's so mush better... so much more victorious and complete than the nasty small story the Latins and the west have reduced it to since 500 AD. God Wins, Love Wins.
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