Most churches say no. The Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church through its councils, and the historic Protestant confessions teach that a person can be lost for ever, though Catholics pray that no one will be. Christian universalism says yes: the Winchester Profession of 1803 confesses a God “who will finally restore the whole family of mankind to holiness and happiness.” Both answers start from the same verse. Paul writes that God “will have all men to be saved, and to…

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