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Thomas Aquinas on the final state of the lost

1225 – 1274 · SCHOLASTIC
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
STANCE

Eternal conscious punishment

THE POSITION

Eternal conscious punishment.

SCRIPTURE
MATTHEW 25:46 · BSB

46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

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ABOUT THIS FIGURE

Dominican friar, author of the Summa Theologiae. Synthesized Aristotelian philosophy with Christian doctrine; the reference point for later Catholic theology.

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