How Do You Be A Christian Universalist?
• Realise that there are subtypes of Christian Universalism. For example, Evangelical Universalism emphasises the Bible very strongly, Charismatic Universalism does so with God’s will, and Liberal Universalists believe that reason and conscience are important in one’s spiritual life. And many people combine different aspects from these traditions. • Florence Nightingale, a famous English Universalist from the 19th Century. Hosea Ballou, an ‘Ultra Universalist’ minister from the 19th century. There are two main perspectives on the purpose of punishment in Universalism. Most believe that Hell is for reconciliation, and emphasise that it isn’t eternal. But a few are ‘Ultra-Universalists’, or believe that Hell isn’t a literal place after death. Instead, they see that reconciliation with God occurs during this life on Earth. • Christian Universalism and Unitarian Universalism aren’t the same thing. The latter is non-creedal, while most Christian Universalist groups have some sort of creed o
