The Fire That Consumes Quotes

“Traditionalist Bruce Milne correctly states: “The word commonly rendered ‘eternal’ in our New Testament translations is in fact literally ‘of the age (to come).’ Thus it refers in the first instance to a particular quality of life”
― Edward Fudge, The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment

“The word means “forever,” but within the limits of the possibility inherent in the person or thing itself. When God is said to be “eternal,” that is truly “forever.” When the mountains are said to be “everlasting,” that means that they last ever so long—so long as they can last.”
― Edward Fudge, The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment

“In fact”
― Edward Fudge, The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment

“Paul uses “soul” ( psychē ) only thirteen times”
― Edward Fudge, The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment

“N. T. Wright likewise distinguishes between the philosophy of Plato and the teaching of Paul. “Platonists believe that all humans have an immortal element within them”
― Edward Fudge, The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment

“The kind of liberal preaching which dissolves Jesus’ resurrection into an example of every man’s immortality is unworthy of the gospel”
― Edward Fudge, The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment

“The dream that death is an emancipation of the spiritual essence from a body that imprisons and clogs it”
― Edward Fudge, The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment

“The shapers of Protestant orthodoxy were sensitive to Rome’s false claims of authority”
― Edward Fudge, The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment

“A major principle of the Reformation was reformata et semper reformanda—reformed and always reforming,” writes Roger Olson. “How is continuing reform of evangelical faith and life possible if being evangelical requires firm adherence to a humanly devised cognitive structure of doctrinal content?”16 Such blind allegiance to a man-made system subverts the purpose of theology by making humankind”
― Edward Fudge, The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment

“as McGrath explains. It seems to be a general feature of the history of Christian thought that a period of genuine creativity is immediately followed by a petrification and scholasticism”
― Edward Fudge, The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment

“The most authentic heirs of the Reformation are not those who close their eyes and cling with all their might to a particular creed or confession of faith. They are those who”
― Edward Fudge, The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment

“What we consider neatness and simplicity is not always a characteristic of Divine working”
― Edward Fudge, The Fire That Consumes: A Biblical and Historical Study of the Doctrine of Final Punishment