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Eschatology

24 claims
Doctrine All Apostolic Succession Christology church Ecclesiology Eschatology existence-of-god Grace & Free Will grace-justification Mariology moral-theology natural-law Petrine Ministry Pneumatology Prayer & Devotion Purgatory salvation Scripture & Tradition Soteriology The Eucharist The Priesthood The Resurrection The Sacraments The Trinity
24 claims in this doctrine
Eschatology
Original Sin
Historically Verified
Eschatology
Hell — Does It Exist, and What Does It Mean
Historically Verified
Eschatology
Augustine teaches that unbaptised infants cannot enter the kingdom but suffer the mildest condemnation
Historically Verified
Eschatology
Tertullian argues the human soul is derived from the parents along with the body — traducianism
Historically Verified
Eschatology
Origen teaches that the resurrection body will be spiritual but identical in substance with the earthly body
Historically Verified
Eschatology
Gregory the Great teaches that the souls in purgatory are helped by the prayers and Masses offered for them
Historically Verified
Eschatology
Chrysostom teaches that the devil cannot compel anyone to sin — temptation does not override free will
Historically Verified
Eschatology
The resurrection of the body means the same body that died will rise, not a different spiritual substitute
Historically Verified
Eschatology
The Church prays for the faithful departed at the Eucharist and this benefits their souls
Historically Verified
Eschatology
Origen speculated that all rational souls including the devil might ultimately be restored — later condemned as heresy
Historically Verified
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Patristic Texts Addressing Eschatology

These texts from the Fideograph library contain annotated passages directly bearing on this doctrine. Each passage is tagged so you can filter to the relevant chapters immediately.

c. AD 350 Intermediate
Cyril of Jerusalem
Cyril of Jerusalem — Mystagogical Catecheses
Five post-baptismal lectures delivered at the Holy Sepulchre c. AD 350 — the most systematic early treatment of the sacraments, including the clearest patristic account of Real Presence and the Epiclesis.
1 chapter on Eschatology
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c. AD 50–120 Introductory
Anonymous (Apostolic)
The Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)
The oldest surviving Christian catechism outside the New Testament — containing the earliest extra-biblical instructions for Baptism, the Eucharist, fasting, and church order. c. AD 50–120.
1 chapter on Eschatology
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