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100 1  Reimers, Adrian J.,|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/
       n00107874|eauthor. 
245 10 Hell and the mercy of God /|cAdrian J. Reimers. 
264  1 Washington, D.C. :|bCatholic University of America Press,
       |c2017. 
300    1 online resource 
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504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  The man on the cross -- The fall of Satan -- Original sin 
       and the fall -- Judgment and the mystery of evil -- 
       Resurrection and final judgment -- Mystery of iniquity -- 
       Hell on earth -- Damnation -- The fullness of good. 
520    If God is truly merciful and loving, perfect in goodness, 
       how can he consign human beings created in his own image 
       to eternal torment in hell? God's goodness seems 
       incompatible with inflicting horrible evil upon those who 
       oppose his will and defy his law. If to this paradox we 
       add the metaphysical requirement that God be perfect in 
       goodness, the eternal evil of hell seems to be 
       contradictory to God's own nature. Catholic philosopher 
       Adrian Reimers takes on these challenges inHell and the 
       Mercy of God, drawing on relevant sources from Aristotle 
       to Aquinas, from Dante to Tolkien, from Wagner to John 
       Paul II, along with Billie Holliday, The Godfather, and 
       the music of George Gershwin. He presents a philosophical 
       theology, grounded in Scripture, of the nature of goodness
       and evil, exploring various types of pain, the seven 
       capital sins, the resurrection of the body, the meaning 
       ofmammon, the core meaning of idolatry, the psychology of 
       Satan and those who choose his path, and the moral 
       responsibility of the human person. These reflections 
       illuminate the intelligibility of orthodox Catholic 
       teachings on the goodness of God and the reality of hell. 
       Hell is not an arbitrary imposition set up for human rule-
       breakers but a continuation of a freely chosen way of life
       manifest even in this world. Examples from history, art, 
       and contemporary culture lead the author to conclude that 
       anyone who does not believe in the reality of hell is not 
       paying enough attention. And yet, mercy and hope remain 
       triumphant, because, just as Christ offƯers entrance into 
       paradise to the "good thief" Dismas on the cross, God 
       continues to oƯffer repentance and salvation to all who 
       live. 
588 0  Print version record. 
590    eBooks on EBSCOhost|bEBSCO eBook Subscription Academic 
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610 20 Catholic Church|xDoctrines.|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh85021103 
610 27 Catholic Church.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
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650  0 God (Christianity)|xGoodness.|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh2006004349 
650  0 Hell|xChristianity.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh2008105552 
650  7 God (Christianity)|xGoodness.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/1765759 
650  7 Hell|xChristianity.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
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655  4 Electronic books. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aReimers, Adrian J.|tHell and the mercy 
       of God.|dWashington, D.C. : Catholic University of America
       Press, 2017|w(DLC)  2016056228 
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