![]() (Damnamus et reprobamus omnes assertentes animam intellectivam mortalem esse). ( Apostolici regimis) declaring, "We do condemn and reprobate all who assert that the intelligent soul is mortal" On December 19, 1513, in connection with the eighth session of the fifth Lateran Council, Pope Leo X issued a Bull William Temple, Anglican primate of Great Britain), who conscientiously hold the same, can justly be charged with "heresy" for so believing. We submit that if they, whose names continue to be revered, honored, and unchallenged in their respective church affiliations, were not considered heretics for so believing and teaching, then by the same token neither we, nor others today (like the late Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. And not only do they extend over these four centuries, but they exist today in high church circles. These men were, moreover, spread throughout all faithsLutheran, Reformed, Anglican, Baptist, Congregationalist, Presbyterian, Methodist, et cetera. "immortalitie or undedlynesse, was to be bestowed at the resurrection, and that the dead cannot now be benefited by prayers, but are "all dead" and are "clepid slepyng" (called sleeping). ![]() 75), declared that man is but "mortal." And John Wycliffewho derived many of his evangelical concepts from themlikewise held that Waldenses, in their Catechism for the instructing of their youth (Morland, The History of the Evangelical Churches of the Valleys of the Piedmont, 1658, p. * These earlier exceptions, however, must be noted: The twelfth century Piedmontese The brilliance of the assemblage of names that follow surely indicates that the epithet "heretic," in contrast to the "orthodoxy" of the majority, cannot justly be applied to this notable company of Christian leadersbishops, archbishops, archdeacons, deans, canons, presbyters, teachers, linguists, Bible translators, exegetes, administrators, principals, pastors, editors, poets, scientists, barristers, philosophers, and even a prime ministerwhose names have adorned the roster of the Christian church and have held the confidence and respect of their fellows. Examples must be limited to men from Protestant Reformation times onward.* Full documented evidence can be compassed only in book form, but the examples that follow indicate the high caliber of, and often the key positions held by, these adherents toĬonditionalism, as it is often calledor life only in Christ through the Because of space limitations only a few can be cited here but the historical record is astonishing. The names of these pious Christian leaders and brilliant scholars, found in every generation, are spread over the centuries. In fact, the line of advocates has been virtually continuous from Reformation times onward. The line of adherents to this great Biblical truth has been more constant, stronger, and more illustrious than most of us have been aware. Immortality is a gift, we believe, bestowed upon the righteous only, who have by faith accepted eternal life in Christ (John 3: 16, 36 John 11:25, 26), at the appearing of our Lord (1 John 5:11 1 Cor. And this is definitely the case with the doctrine of immortality in, and only in and through, Jesus Christ at His second advent. But always there have been godly and scholarly champions of genuine truth. ![]() Theological truth is ever, and only, based upon the immutable Word of God and determined by its inspired precepts and principles. Truth is not, and never has been, established by human majorities. "conditionalists"? Are they not obscure heretics, for practically all orthodox scholars have held to innate immortality? Kindly name some of the advocates to whom you allude, and cite some of their writings. You allude to others who, through the centuries, have held that immortality is not received until the resurrection, that the righteous dead sleep during the interim of death until awakened by the Life-giver at the resurrection, also that the wicked will ultimately be destroyed. At Issue Index Table of Contents Previous Next
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