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The Scriptural Doctrine Of Hades - Softcover

George W. Bartle

 
9780371576960: The Scriptural Doctrine Of Hades

Synopsis

The Scriptural Doctrine Of Hades: Comprising An Inquiry Into The State Of The Righteous And Wicked Dead Between Death And The General Judgment, And Demonstrating From The Bible That The Atonement Was Neither Made On The Cross Nor Yet In This World by George W. Bartle. This work is a 19th-century theological treatise examining the fate of the dead between death and the general judgment. Bartle argues that death is not the extinction of the person but a separation of soul and body, and he surveys multiple competing views of the afterlife, including annihilation, soul sleep, purgatory, and the possibility of an intermediate state. He defends a Scriptural interpretation of Hades as an intermediate state with distinct compartments for the righteous and the wicked, and he critiques the Roman Catholic doctrine of purgatory while defending substitution and the necessity of a final judgment. Throughout, the author emphasizes obedience to Scripture, correct hermeneutics, and the unity of God’s redemptive plan, arguing that Christ’s work extends beyond the cross and into the afterlife. The work is a rigorous, text-centered defense of a particular Protestant view of eschatology and atonement.

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