Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago

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Which Early Church theologians held to annihilationist eschatology? What did they say about the mortality or immortality of the soul, and how did it affect their view of hell? Here we’ll look at Athanasius, Justin Martyr, Theophilus, Tatian, Irenaeus, Ignatius, and Augustine.

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3:44 Augustine
6:10 Theophilus
7:00 Tatian
8:27 Irenaeus of Lyons
11:15 Justin Martyr
15:56 Ignatius
17:40 Athanasius
20:25 Summary

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