In the fifth century, Saint Augustine championed this view. It was restated by John Calvin in the sixteenth century. In its harshest, yet most consistent form, it excludes from heaven even infants who die who did not receive Christ. It excludes those with mental disabilities who do not receive Christ. It excludes from heaven any who have never heard the good news of Jesus Christ. Many Christians allow exceptions in these cases, but the most consistent and hard-line do not.
