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To: HarleyD

“It is rather difficult to argue that St. Iraeneus isn’t saying souls aren’t immortal after they are created....I think Iraeneus if very clear that once God has created a soul, it exists forever.”

Boy, I don’t see where you reconcile what you and Boyce are saying with what +Iraeneus wrote about immortality being a gift from God to the holy. The souls of the wicked are not immortal. That is denied to them.


10,358 posted on 11/03/2007 1:31:51 PM PDT by Kolokotronis (Christ is Risen, and you, o death, are annihilated!)
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To: Kolokotronis
The souls of the wicked are not immortal. That is denied to them.

I take it by this answer that you believe the souls of the wicked are annihilated after this life; is that correct? What happens to them?

If you want ANOTHER church father I would suggest A Treatise on the Soul by Tertullian where he states:

If this isn't enough, the Catholic website NewAdvent is very clear:

Sorry, on this one the Catholic Church and Protestant Church both agree, the soul is created at birth and is immortal. If the Orthodox does not believe that then I would suggest they check with their Catholic friends. You are simply trying a back handed attempt at making a case for the annihilation of the wicked. Sorry that won't work.
10,360 posted on 11/03/2007 2:54:37 PM PDT by HarleyD
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