Atoning in purgatory
This article develops a new argument - The Argument from Atonement - that commonplace Christian assumptions about heaven imply the existence of purgatory. According to this argument, many Christians will die with residual moral guilt due to possessing unfulfilled moral debts towards fellow non-divin...
| Published in: | Religious studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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Religious studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Purgatory
/ Forgiveness of sins
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBK Soteriology |
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| Summary: | This article develops a new argument - The Argument from Atonement - that commonplace Christian assumptions about heaven imply the existence of purgatory. According to this argument, many Christians will die with residual moral guilt due to possessing unfulfilled moral debts towards fellow non-divine humans. Some of these debts cannot be fulfilled immediately after death and are not completely fulfilled or cancelled by Jesus's atoning work. Christians with such debts are fit neither for heaven nor for hell and thus must occupy purgatory until their moral debts are fulfilled. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412516000056 |