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Originally Posted by Amazing Grace  I thought you said he went from Particular redemption to hypothetical universalsim.  |
Although Owen would have rejected the consequence, his work on Justice does in fact make concessions to hypothetical universalism. If one allows that Christ's death was "absolutely necessary" so far as the "nature" of God was concerned, then Christ's death must have some benefit for all men, because the "nature" of justice in and of itself is satisfied. The "will" of God is then brought in as limiting the persons for whom the death of Christ is efficacious.