![]() ![]() ![]() But this feeling must not cloud the intellect to the point of undermining the Gospel or the natural law and truth itself. It seems compassionate to desire that all men be saved and to be horrified at the thought of anyone suffering eternal punishment - even Judas. Not even about that of Judas." Thus, he declared, every Christian has the "obligation" to hope that all men are saved, including Judas. has never said anything about the damnation of any individual. Clearly, Balthasar's opinions carry considerable weight among Catholics today.īalthasar, in Dare We Hope "That All Men Be Saved"? claimed there was no certainty that anyone is in Hell or ever will be in Hell. He has been called one of "the twentieth century's outstanding Catholic thinkers," and compared to Augustine and Aquinas. Both "conservative" and "progressive" churchmen have hailed him as one of the century's pre-eminent theologians. The theological ideas of Hans Urs von Balthasar, the Swiss Catholic theologian who died in 1988, have captured the imagination of Catholic scholars throughout the Church. ![]()
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