The reader will perceive, in the commencement of the following work, that I have not introduced a statement of the Scripture doctrine upon the subject of my History, For the omission, which some may consider a defect, I submit these reasons: it seemed to me that a brief statement would prove useless, since every one would form his own opinion from other authority; and it was thought that a satisfactory discussion of the important question belonged rather to the Polemic than to the Historian. Accordingly, for the commencement of my undertaking, I fixed on a date posterior to the publication of most of the New Testament; and yet, as it was desirable to take into view every other Christian production extant of the first ages, it was necessary to begin as early as a. d. 90, before some of St. John's writings were composed.
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Ancient History of Universalism (1885). This book presents an excellent overview of ancient writers and key figures in church history who have defended the view that all men (or all intelligent creatures) will ultimately be saved, healed and reconciled with God. Although the period ranging from AD 100 to AD 550 is the main subject of the book, AD 550 to AD 1500 is discussed in an Appendix. In passing, Dr.Ballou shows that many opinions defended in (Ultra)-Dispensationalism were already propagated in mediaeval times (e.g., the view that water baptism and all other rites and ceremonies should have ceased after Messiah died on the cross and was raised from the dead). It was sobering to discover that there is nothing new under the sun!
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