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Angels, Demons and all the Hosts

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ANGELOLOGY<br />

M. M. NINAN<br />

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Every one will hold <strong>the</strong> free will <strong>and</strong> can at <strong>all</strong> times will to hell. But love conquers <strong>all</strong> <strong>and</strong> reason<br />

of <strong>the</strong> intellect will lead children back to <strong>the</strong> Fa<strong>the</strong>r who is always waiting.<br />

. “ In <strong>the</strong> first five or six centuries of Christianity <strong>the</strong>re were six <strong>the</strong>ological schools, of which<br />

four (Alex<strong>and</strong>ria, Antioch, Caesarea, <strong>and</strong> Edessa, or Nisibis) were Universalist; one (Ephesus)<br />

accepted conditional mortality; one (Carthage or Rome) taught endless punishment of <strong>the</strong><br />

wicked.”The Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, vol. 12, p. 96;<br />

“God forbid that I should limit <strong>the</strong> time for acquiring faith to <strong>the</strong> present life. In <strong>the</strong> depths of<br />

<strong>the</strong> divine mercy <strong>the</strong>re may be opportunity to win it in <strong>the</strong> future state.” – Martin Lu<strong>the</strong>r,<br />

Letter to Hansen von Rechenberg, 1523. (Lu<strong>the</strong>r's Briefe, ii. 454.)<br />

”Christ, Redeemer of man, now for ever ‘clad in a robe dipped in blood’ (Apoc, 19,13), <strong>the</strong><br />

everlasting, invincible guarantee of universal salvation. “ (Message of John Paul II to <strong>the</strong> Abbess<br />

General of <strong>the</strong> Order of <strong>the</strong> Most Holy Saviour of St Bridget)<br />

"When, over long periods of time, evil has been removed <strong>and</strong> those now lying in sin have<br />

been restored to <strong>the</strong>ir original state, <strong>all</strong> creation will join in united thanksgiving, both those<br />

whose purification has involved punishment <strong>and</strong> those who never needed purification at <strong>all</strong>"<br />

(Gregory of Nyssa, Catechetical Oration 26).<br />

“That in <strong>the</strong> dispensation of <strong>the</strong> fullness of times he might<br />

ga<strong>the</strong>r toge<strong>the</strong>r in one <strong>all</strong> things in Christ,<br />

both which are in heavens <strong>and</strong> which are on earth; even in him.”<br />

Ephesians 1:10<br />

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