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Is Hebrews 6:1-8 Pastoral Nonsense?

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avondale-bepress.context-key3949753
avondale-bepress.submission-paththeo_papers/54
avondale.affiliateYoung, Norman
avondale.departmentScripture, Spirituality and Society Research Centre
avondale.facultyTheology
avondale.reporting.versionPublished Version
dc.contributor.authorYoung, Norman H.
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-01T00:36:40Z
dc.date.available2023-11-01T00:36:40Z
dc.date.issued1982-10-01
dc.date.submitted2013-03-24T16:42:32Z
dc.description.abstract<p>The difficulty that Hebrews 6:1-8 presents to those in the Calvinist tradition is that these verses seem to teach - contrary to a strict doctrine of election and perseverance - that even true believers (v v 4-5) can fall away (<em>parapesontas, v 6</em>). For those who are not within the Calvinist tradition, the problem of these verses is not the apparent teaching that sincere Christians can fall away, but the statement that it is impossible (<em>adunation, v 4)</em> to renew apostates unto repentance (<em>palin anakainizein eis metanoian, v 6</em>).</p>
dc.identifier.citation<p>Young, N. (1982). Is Hebrews 6:1-8 Pastoral nonsense? <em>Colloquium: The Australian and New Zealand Theological Review, 15(1)</em>, 52-57.</p>
dc.identifier.issn0588-3237
dc.identifier.urihttps://research.avondale.edu.au/handle/1897/03949753
dc.language.isoen_us
dc.provenance<p>This article was originally published as:</p><p> Young, N. (1982). Is Hebrews 6:1-8 Pastoral Nonsense? <em>Colloquium: The Australian and New Zealand Theological Review, 15(1)</em>, 52-57.</p>
dc.relation.ispartofColloquium: The Australian and New Zealand Theological Review
dc.rights<p>Used by permission: Colloquium and the author.</p>
dc.subjectrigorism
dc.subjectday of atonement
dc.subjectjudaism
dc.subjectcalvanist tradition
dc.titleIs Hebrews 6:1-8 Pastoral Nonsense?
dc.typeJournal Article

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