The Church of England's Doctrine Commission reported in 1995 that Hell may be a state of "total non-being", not eternal torment. Additionally, some Protestant and Anglican writers have also proposed annihilationist doctrines. These include the Seventh-day Adventists, Bible Students, Christadelphians and various Advent Christian churches. Some annihilationist Christian denominations were influenced by the Millerite/ Adventist movement of the mid-19th century. Twentieth-century English theologians who favor annihilation include Bishop Charles Gore (1916), William Temple, 98th Archbishop of Canterbury (1924) Oliver Chase Quick, Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury (1933), Ulrich Ernst Simon (1964), and G. Earlier in the 20th century, some theologians at the University of Cambridge including Basil Atkinson supported the belief. It experienced a resurgence in the 1980s when several prominent theologians including John Stott argued that it could be held as a legitimate interpretation of biblical texts by those who give supreme authority to scripture. The belief in annihilationism has appeared throughout Christian history and was defended by several Church Fathers, but it has often been in the minority. Jehovah's Witnesses believe that there can be no punishment after death because the dead cease to exist. Seventh-day Adventists posit that living in eternal hell is a false doctrine of pagan origin, as the wicked will perish in the lake of fire. Thus those who do not repent of their sins are eventually destroyed because of the incompatibility of sin with God's holy character. Annihilationism asserts that God will destroy, cremate, the wicked, leaving only the righteous to live on in immortality. Īnnihilationism is directly related to Christian conditionalism, the idea that a human soul is not immortal unless given eternal life. However, it is also possible to hold to a partial annihilationism, believing unsaved humans to be obliterated or cremated, but demonic beings to suffer forever.
Annihilationism stands in contrast to both the belief in eternal torment and the belief that everyone will be saved ( "universalism"). In Christianity, annihilationism (also known as extinctionism or destructionism) is the belief that after the Last Judgment, all damned humans and fallen angels including Satan will be totally destroyed,cremated, and their consciousness extinguished rather than suffering forever in Hell. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page. Please read the layout guide and lead section guidelines to ensure the section will still be inclusive of all essential details. Please help by moving some material from it into the body of the article. This article's lead section may be too long for the length of the article.
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