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Frederick D Farrar

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Frederic William Farrar was a Victorian Anglican priest, educator, preacher, and author. He is remembered for his biblical scholarship, preaching, and for public arguments against eternal torment.

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Augustine

The advocacy of hell came primarily on the scene with Augustine: In no other respect did Augustine differ more widely from Origen and the Alexandrians [Eastern Church] than in his intolerant spirit. Even Tertullian conceded to all the...

Early Church Fathers God's Judgement – Punitive or Restorative?Hell

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Jerome

Following on the heels of Augustine, the greatest influence on today’s hell theology via most modern Bible translations came from Jerome’s Latin Vulgate. Jerome translated this tainted version of the Scriptures from a very inferior Latin...

Early Church Fathers Vulgate