A Muslim Convert Once Before

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   The following is my answer to a Quora question: “ Is Universal Salvation, posited by Bishop Gregory Nyssen and Origen Adamantius, correct? ”   There are a few assumptions here that must be corrected.   Origen Adamantius of Alexandria is one of the early Church Fathers.   Gregory Nyssen is a saint in both Eastern and Western Christianity.   Both of them are giants in their field.   They are far more orthodox than any of the theologians of the Reformation, and their works underpin the foundation of early Christianity.   Firstly, what is Universal Salvation, or universal reconciliation?   At its simplest, it is a doctrine, not dogma, that all souls, saint and sinner, will ultimately be reconciled with God because of His Attribute of Mercy.   This doctrine was an attempt to reconcile the dogma of Original Sin with conundrums such as the fate of babies born before the Sacrament of Baptism.   If we...

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ   One of the more famous stories cited by Christians is from the Gospel according to John:   John 8:3-9 3 And now the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman who had been found committing adultery, and made her stand there in full view; 4 “Master,” they said, “this woman has been caught in the act of adultery.   5 Moses, in his law, prescribed that such persons should be stoned to death; what of you?   What is your sentence?”   6 They said this to put him to the test, hoping to find a charge to bring against him.   But Jesus bent down, and began writing on the ground with his finger.   7 When he found that they continued to question him, he looked up and said to them, “Whichever of you is free from sin shall cast the first stone at her.”   8 Then he bent down again, and went on writing on the ground.   9 And they began to go out one by one, beginning with the eldest, until Jesus was left...