AION-AIONIOS, TRANSLATED Everlasting Eternal, IN THE HOLY BIBLE, SHOWN TO DENOTE LIMITED DURATION. BY REV. JOHN WESLEY HANSON, A. M. CHICAGO: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSALIST PUBLISHING HOUSE. 1875. BT 837 •H3 1875 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1375 In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington D. C. N. T. SMITH Print, 286 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 1573 130 PREFACE. The verbal pivot on which swings the question, Does the Bible teach the doctrine of Endless Punishment? is the word Aion and its derivatives and reduplications. The author of this treatise has endeavored to put within brief compass the essential facts pertaining to the history and use of the word, and he thinks he has conclusively shown that it affords no support whatever to the erroneous doctrine. It will generally be conceded that the tenet referred to is not contained in the Scriptures if the meaning of endless duration does not reside in the controverted word. The reader is implored to examine the evidence presented, as the author trusts it has been collected, with a sincere desire to learn the truth. |