Showing posts with label Metropolitan Kallistos Ware. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Metropolitan Kallistos Ware. Show all posts

September 19, 2016

Metropolitan Kallistos on Elder Amphilochios of Patmos (video)


This lecture delivered by Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia on his renowned spiritual father Elder Amphilochios (Makris) of Patmos was delivered on 30 August 2016 during the IOCS Conference on 'Contemporary Fathers and Mothers of the Church - Guides for Today’s World' (29-31 August 2016, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, England).

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October 4, 2014

Abba Isaac the Syrian, the "Unjustly Accused" Saint (5 of 7)

Metropolitan Kallistos Ware


5. The Appalling Intervention of Bishop Kallistos Ware

In 1998 Bishop Kallistos Ware of Diokleia wrote an article for the journal Theology Digest (1998) titled: "Dare We Hope for the Salvation of All?" He concludes by writing: "Our faith in God’s love makes us dare to hope that all will be saved."

With this article the foundation of Orthodox Eschatology is debated, in fact the very words of Christ. Bishop Kallistos asks if an eternal hell will exist. He places the reader before the philosophical dilemma: ultimate dualism or ultimate restoration and reconciliation. Here's his reasoning:

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