Author: | Jerry L. Walls | ISBN: | 9780199912636 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | Publication: | December 1, 2011 |
Imprint: | Oxford University Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Jerry L. Walls |
ISBN: | 9780199912636 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Publication: | December 1, 2011 |
Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
Language: | English |
In Catholic theology, purgatory has been understood as applying to persons who are already in a state of grace or salvation. In popular thought, however, it is sometimes understood as a "second chance" for the unconverted. In this book, a follow-up to his earlier Heaven: The Logic of Eternal Joy and Hell: The Logic of Eternal Damnation, Walls completes his examination of the Christian theology of the afterlife with a inclusive and multi-denominational analysis of the doctrine of purgatory.
In Catholic theology, purgatory has been understood as applying to persons who are already in a state of grace or salvation. In popular thought, however, it is sometimes understood as a "second chance" for the unconverted. In this book, a follow-up to his earlier Heaven: The Logic of Eternal Joy and Hell: The Logic of Eternal Damnation, Walls completes his examination of the Christian theology of the afterlife with a inclusive and multi-denominational analysis of the doctrine of purgatory.