http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=57674
Read link above for whole story. This is relevant for this discussion forum:
"The conference was marked by a respectful theological disagreement between the Russian Orthodox Bishop Hilarion of Vienna and Cardinal Schönborn. The Orthodox prelate, in his presentation, argued that God's mercy is so great that He does not condemn sinners to everlasting punishment. The Orthodox understanding of hell, Bishop Hilarion said, corresponds roughly to the Catholic notion of purgatory. Cardinal Schönborn politely disagreed, noting that the idea expressed by Bishop Hilarion "is not a doctrine of the Church." While hell is a reality, he said, it is God's will for all men to be saved, and all Christians should pray "that no one will be lost.""
It is not God's mercy but God's justice that condemns souls to hell when they refuse to call on God's Divine mercy to save them from their sins.
This quote was at the end of the article.
Gods justice means making that which is wrong right.
Gods mercy means we receive from God what we don't deserve.
So Gods diving justice makes what is wrong right so we can receive the mercy we don't deserve. It's really that simple. PTL
Quote from: shibboleth on April 08, 2008, 04:44:09 PM
It is not God's mercy but God's justice that condemns souls to hell when they refuse to call on God's Divine mercy to save them from their sins.
This quote was at the end of the article.
Gods justice means making that which is wrong right.
Gods mercy means we receive from God what we don't deserve.
So Gods diving justice makes what is wrong right so we can receive the mercy we don't deserve. It's really that simple. PTL
That was not a quote from the article, but a commentary by a reader.