Eschatology—In the First Period (6)

THE INTERMEDIATE STATE (80 250 A.D.) In our preceding article we had called the attention of our readers to the statement of the late Rev. H. Hoeksema, to the effect that the answer which the Apostolic Fathers gave to the question concerning the condition of the souls before the resurrection and immediately after death was rather vague. And then we quoted from Philip Schaaf, Vol. 11, 599 ff., verifying this observation of Rev. Hoeksema. We now continue this quotation: THE INTERMEDIATE STATE...