David Bentley Hart - That All Shall Be Saved

(Chris Devlin) #1
Apokatastasis: Four Meditations

God wished to make known what the wealth of this
mystery's glory is among the gentiles, which is the
Anointed within you, the hope of glory, whom we
proclaim, warning every human being and teach-
ing every human being in all wisdom, so that we
may present every human being as perfected in the
Anointed ... )

And surely:


J o n h 12:32: Kayw > \ Eav " v'f'w < ,/,^0 w ~ EK > TY)S ~ yrys, ~ 1ravTas I
J-'A.Kvaw 1rpos Jp.,avTOV. (And I, when I am lifted up
from the earth, will drag everyone to me.)

And perhaps:


Hebrews 2:9: TOV OE f3paxv TL 1rap' dyy/Aovs
~,.\aTTWfJ.,EVOV /3M1rop.,Ev 'rryaovv Ota TO 1ra0'Y)p.,a

TOV ~e avaTOV I uos ~I(; TJ Kat \ TLfl,TJ ~ EaTE'f'avwp.,EVOV, > ,/.._ I 01TWS '1


xaptTL I^0 EOV ~ V1TEp < \ 1TaVTOS \ YEVa'Y)Tal I^0 avaTOV. I (B Ut
we see Jesus, who was made just a little less than an-
gels, having been crowned with glory and honor on
account of suffering death, so that by God's grace
he might taste of death on behalf of everyone.)

And then there is this elegantly condensed syllogism ( or enthy-
meme):


J O h n 17:2: Ka^0 WS \ EVWKas ,r~ aVT<{) > ~ Esovaiav 'C I 1raa'Y)S I


aapKOS, i'va miv o OEOWKas a-UT<{) owan avTOLS

,w~v alwvwv. (Just as you gave him power over all
Free download pdf