The surviving writings of the Christian Fathers, of the first four or five centuries of the Christian Era, abound in evidences of the prevalence of the doctrine of universal salvation during those years.
John Wesley Hanson, D.D. (1823–1901) was an American minister and notable proponent of the Great Hope that all mankind would ultimately be reconciled to God.
This work, titled Universalism, the Prevailing Doctrine of the Christian Church During Its First Five Hundred Years, provides an extensive wealth of evidence to show that the earliest followers of Jesus Christ widely believed in the restitution of all.
This public domain work was provided by Andover-Harvard Theological Library and scanned by Google Books.
