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To: HarleyD; Kolokotronis
If you want ANOTHER church father I would suggest A Treatise on the Soul by Tertullian

Tertullian is not a Church Father and more than Martin Luther is.

The mortality of the soul is scriptural: Ezekiel 18:4 "the soul that sinneth, it shall die." Those who will remain separated from God for all eternity, due to unrepentant sins, hall be dead. Sin is death.

10,368 posted on 11/03/2007 3:23:37 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50; HarleyD; Kolokotronis
The mortality of the soul is scriptural: Ezekiel 18:4 "the soul that sinneth, it shall die." Those who will remain separated from God for all eternity, due to unrepentant sins, shall be dead. Sin is death.

You must have a definition of "immortality" that is not found in the English dictionary. I won't quote it so as not to raise any straw men. :) In any event, your middle sentence above is internally inconsistent. If you admit that a wicked man "will remain separated from God for all eternity", then you admit that the soul goes on forever and is not annihilated. That is an immortal soul. (And as Harley noted, not eternal, but immortal once created.) You may call this soul "dead to God" if you wish, but that does not affect the fact that such a soul still exists, which is what you deny if you say that the soul is not immortal.

10,369 posted on 11/03/2007 4:32:59 PM PDT by Forest Keeper (It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.)
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To: kosta50; Kolokotronis
Tertullian is not a Church Father and more than Martin Luther is.

Oh, now we're into quantifying and qualifying who and who is not a church father based upon our own personal preferences??? So, if I understand this correctly, 1) pick and choose which bible verses to believe, 2) pick and choose what theology to believe, 3) pick and choose what church fathers to believe.

No wonder so many are into "free choice".

The mortality of the soul is scriptural: Ezekiel 18:4 "the soul that sinneth, it shall die."

Of course the soul that sinneth, it shall die. Hell is eternal death.

The soul is immortal. There is plenty of church writings to back this up. I have yet to see any type of consistent Orthodox writings on the subject. I did notice some scant writings by Cassian on the subject; but he was a heretic.
10,372 posted on 11/03/2007 7:12:10 PM PDT by HarleyD
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