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Logical Arguments for Universal Reconciliation

Background

In the early church, this was a respectable & widely held belief, split with annihilation (Justin Martyr, Irenaeus of Lyons, Philo), and to a lesser extent, eternal torment. This was held by Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Didymus the Blind, Gregory of Nyssa, Diodore of Tarsus, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Eusebius of Cesarea, and Theodoret, likely as well as Heraclas of Alexandria, Gregory Thaumaturgus, and Athenodorus of Pontus, Jerome, Chrysostom, Basil, and Gregory of Nazianzum.

There were at least six theological schools in the Church at large. Of these six schools, one, and only one, was decidedly and earnestly in favor of the doctrine of future eternal punishment. One was in favor of the annihilation of the wicked. Two were in favor of the doctrine of universal restoration on the principles of Origen, and two in favor of universal restoration on the principles of Theodore of Mopsuestia.

It is also true that the prominent defenders of the

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Afterlife Terminology

Sheol

Underworld, grave, hell, pit The OT designation for the abode of the dead, where both the wicked and righteous went

Hades

• Revelation 20:14 - Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
• Luke 16:22-31 - The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side [bosom]. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross fro

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Universal Reconciliation

The doctrine that Christ will eventually bring all men to himself, as opposed to eternal damnation or annihilation

AKA Patristic Universalism, Universal Restoration, Ultimate Redemption/Reconciliation, Hopeful Inclusivism, Doctrine of Inclusion, The Larger Hope, The Greater Faith, Universal Salvation, apokatastasis, etc.

It is not pluralistic universalism or 'pop' universalism.

Notable terms

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Better local require() paths for Node.js

Problem

When the directory structure of your Node.js application (not library!) has some depth, you end up with a lot of annoying relative paths in your require calls like:

const Article = require('../../../../app/models/article');

Those suck for maintenance and they're ugly.

Possible solutions