The Origin and History of the Doctrine of Endless Punishment. Entered into electronic format by Matt Thomas, 1. THEORIGIN AND HISTORYOF THEDoctrine of Endless Punishment. BY. THOMAS B. THAYER. Prove all things. Hold fast that which is good PAULNEW AND ENLARGED EDITIONBOSTON. UNIVERSALIST PUBLISHING HOUSE,No. For Guidance along the WAY to the INTERNAL Kingdom of God. Precious writings from out of the Past that have, until now, been reserved for the elite of. A long article with a comments on each Apocryphal book. Classified according to origin. Your favourite teddy bear. That model kit that took so long to complete. The picture book you used to read over and over again. The shining stone you found that day. Philosophy and religion. Cosmogony, any theory concerning the origin of the universe Creation myth, a symbolic account of how the world began and how people first. Watch Movies Online at BoxTV. Watch all your favourite Movies online and TV shows online at BoxTV. Watch Full Episodes of Your Favourite TV Shows and Watch. CORNWILLEntered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1. JAMES M. USHERIn the Clerks Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. Stereotyped by. HOBART ROBBINS. Divx Ipod Winnie The Pooh. New England Type and Stereotype Foundry. BOSTONPREFACEThis little work is written for the purpose of furnishing a sketch of the argument by which it is shown that the doctrine of Endless Punishment is not of divine origin, but traceable directly to a heathen source. WTO8pYZ0/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Origin - Spirits Of The Past Online English' title='Origin - Spirits Of The Past Online English' />It is not intended as an elaborately philosophical or critical discussion of the subject, as the size of the volume will show but only as a popular presentation of the method of proof, and of the leading facts and authorities on which the argument rests. Those having time and sources of information at command, will enter into a more thorough investigation for themselves. For such this work is not designed but for those who, not having the opportunity, nor the books, necessary to a complete and critical examination of the question, wish a brief statement of the facts and arguments on which is grounded the assertion that the doctrine of endless torments is of heathen origin. This will account for the absence of many things which the reader might justly expect to find here, and which rightfully claim place in a work bearing the title of this. I/51QJgo-fBCL._SR600%2C315_PIWhiteStrip%2CBottomLeft%2C0%2C35_PIAmznPrime%2CBottomLeft%2C0%2C-5_PIStarRatingFOUR%2CBottomLeft%2C360%2C-6_SR600%2C315_ZA(174%20Reviews)%2C445%2C286%2C400%2C400%2Carial%2C12%2C4%2C0%2C0%2C5_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg' alt='Origin - Spirits Of The Past Online English' title='Origin - Spirits Of The Past Online English' />The subject treated is one of very great importance, and equally concerns the purity of Christian doctrine, and the happiness and virtue of those believing. It is every day commanding more and more attention from serious and thoughtful minds. And on all sides, and in the churches of all sects, there is increased inquiry into the foundations of the doctrine, and rapidly growing doubts of its divine origin and authority. It is possible the following pages may help to answer some of the questions growing out of this state of mind, and to show how a doctrine, thoroughly heathen in origin and character, came to be adopted by the Christian church. The sale of the first edition of nearly two thousand copies in the space of three or four months, without being advertised in any form, has encouraged me to believe that the work meets an actual want, and will be serviceable to the cause of Truth. In the preparation of the present edition, therefore, I have made considerable additions and, I trust, improvements also, in the hope of making it more worthy and more useful. Two chapters and two sections entire have been added, and chapters three, four and six, have been greatly enlarged, and the argument illustrated and fortified by new facts and authorities. Still the book is far from what I could wish, or what it might be made, if time, and all the means of investigation, were at command. Yet, such as it is, I send it forth again, to do what work it may believing that, in the conflict of opinions, Truth only is immortal, and cheerfully confident, therefore, that, at last, all error and all evil will perish. Since the above was written, this work has passed through several large editions. The present issue has additional testimonies strengthening the argument in its various branches. Most of these, with the exception of those pertaining to Chapters III and IX., which are inserted in the body of the text, are gathered into a single chapter at the end of the book and to facilitate reference, notes have been added to the chapters and sections to which they severally belong. Boston, January, 1. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE PERIOD BEFORE THE LAW. No Law announced to our First Parents with the Penalty of Endless Punishment annexed. Not revealed in the History of their Transgression, nor in that of Cain, the Deluge, or Sodom and Gomorrah. CHAPTER II. THE PERIOD UNDER THE LAW. SECT. I. Endless Punishment not taught by Moses in the Law nor is it mentioned anywhere in the Bible History of the Jews. SECT. II. Testimony of Orthodox Critics and Theologians to this Point. SECT. III. Old Testament Doctrine of Hell, Sheol. SECT. IV. General Application of the Argument. SECT. V. Objections to the foregoing Argument answered. CHAPTER III. ENDLESS PUNISHMENT OF HEATHEN ORIGIN. SECT. I. Description of the Heathen Hell, its Location, Inhabitants and Punishments compared with Church Doctrine. SECT. II. The Doctrine Invented by Heathen Legislators and Poets Shown by their own Confession. Its Egyptian Origin. CHAPTER IVTHE JEWS BORROWED THE DOCTRINE FROM THE HEATHENThe Historical Argument on this Point. CHAPTER VENDLESS PUNISHMENT NOT TAUGHT IN THE NEW TESTAMENTSECT. I. Salvation of Christ not from this. SECT. II. New Testament Doctrine of Hell. SECT. III. Unquenchable Fire how used in the Scriptures how used by Greek Writers. SECT. IV. Everlasting, Eternal, and Forever, not Endless. Testimony of Lexicographers and Critics. Usage of Greek Authors. Scripture Usage. SECT. V. The Second Death. CHAPTER VI. THE INTRODUCTION OF THE DOCTRINE INTO THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. The general Corruption of the early Church. First Appearance of the Doctrine its Form. First, The Wicked not raised from the Dead, or Under world. Second, Raised and Punished. Third, Future Punishment ending in Annihilation. Fourth, Endless Punishment. Condemnation of Universalism, and Endless Punishment decreed Orthodox, A. D. 5. 53. CHAPTER VII. THE DOCTRINE CREATES A CRUEL AND REVENGEFUL SPIRIT ILLUSTRATED FROM HISTORY. Influence of Faith on Character. Tertullians Exultation. Catholic Crusades against the Albigenses. Massacre of St. Bartholomew. The Catholic Inquisition. The Spanish Inquisition its Influence on Society Note. The Influence not confined to Catholic Believers of the Doctrine. CHAPTER VIII. THE COMPARATIVE MORAL INFLUENCE OF BELIEF AND DISBELIEF OF ENDLESS PUNISHMENT HISTORICAL CONTRAST. Its Influence on the Morals of the Heathen Greeks, Romans, Burmans. The Character of the Pharisees and Sadducees contrasted in reference to this Point. CHAPTER IX. THE INFLUENCE OF THE DOCTRINE ON THE HAPPINESS OF ITS BELIEVERS ILLUSTRATED FROM THEIR OWN CONFESSIONS. Testimony of Saurin, Stuart, Barnes, Henry Ward Beecher. CHAPTER X. ADDITIONAL TESTIMONIES ON THE QUESTIONS DISCUSSED IN THE PRECEDING CHAPTERS. THE ORIGIN AND HISTORYOF THEDOCTRINE OF ENDLESS PUNISHMENTCHAPTER I. THE PERIOD BEFORE THE LAW. The following two positions will be admitted without question, it is believed, by all Christians. If the doctrine of endless punishment be, as affirmed by its believers, absolutely and indispensably necessary to the preservation of virtue, and to perfect obedience to the laws of God if this be the salutary and saving influence of the doctrine, then it constitutes one of the strongest possible reasons for its being revealed to man at the very earliest period of the worlds history. If endless punishment be true, it is terribly true to all those who are in danger, wherein is found another powerful reason why it should have been made known in the clearest manner, on the very morning of creation In the clearest manner it should not have been left in doubt, and obscurity, by the use of indefinite terms but it should have been proclaimed in language which no man could misunderstand, if he would. Rather than that there should even be the possibility of a mistake in a matter of such vast and fearful moment, it should have been graven by special miracle into every soul that God sent into the world. Let us, then, proceed to inquire if we have any such revelation of the doctrine.