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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.

Mat 10:28 And do not fear those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. But rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Mar 9:43 And if your hand offends you, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than to have two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched

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.

“The soul is immortal.” etc, etc.

I am happy to see that you people continued with your lives in theological cyberspace whilst I, I was “Dancing with Armenians”! Wonderful evening, wonderful people, wonderful food, wonderful music. We danced to the last dance and even the young Armenians allowed that “Men like Kolokotronis should live to be 1000 years old!” Ha!

Gee, those Armenian girls were pretty and could dance so well for their husbands!