Divine Justice and Human Sin
This paper challenges the claim that the traditional Christian idea of hell as a form of eternal punishment for human sin cannot be made consistent with the idea of proportionate punishment, and it raises concerns with the notion that divine justice requires divine forgiveness and mercy. It argues t...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Marquette Univ. Press
[2017]
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Philosophy & theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 133-145 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Damnation
/ Proportionality
/ Justice of God
/ God
/ Forgiveness
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology NBQ Eschatology NCA Ethics |
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| Summary: | This paper challenges the claim that the traditional Christian idea of hell as a form of eternal punishment for human sin cannot be made consistent with the idea of proportionate punishment, and it raises concerns with the notion that divine justice requires divine forgiveness and mercy. It argues that divine justice entails or at least permits retribution as the meting out of punishment by God to those who deserve it in proportion to the degree and amount of harm unduly and responsibly caused by sinners to others. For God to fail to punish those who deserve it in proportion to their harmful wrongdoings would imply God’s failure to be both just and omnibenevolent |
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| ISSN: | 0890-2461 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Philosophy & theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/philtheol2016111674 |