An Examination of the Doctrine of Future Retribution

Ballou's mature defense of the most controversial position he ever took: that the scriptures teach no punishment at all beyond death, all the consequences of sin falling within this life. This 'Ultra-Universalist' view set him against the Restorationists, who expected a limited discipline hereafter, and the dispute split the denomination for a generation. Whatever side one took, this book is the ablest statement of the strict Ballou position, argued with his characteristic plain logic.

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