Balthasar, Speyr and hell w/ Ralph Martin (clip)

Ralph Martin discusses Hans Urs von Balthasar's controversial thesis on the population of hell. Balthasar said that modern man was incapable of believing in a God who would send people to hell. Did this belief lead him to muddy the waters of Scripture and tradition as part of a misguided apologetic?

Balthasar insisted that his thought could not be separated from the mystical testimony of Adrienne von Speyr. There are some reasons to believe that there was a serious lack of discernment in their relationship, a lack of oversight which could have allowed deceptions to enter in. One of Balthasar's less admirable qualities was his habitual denigration of saints who did not fit with his intellectual tendencies (Augustine, Josemaria Escriva, the author of the Imitation of Christ), and there is a parallel with Speyr's claimed ability to mystically enter into and critique the prayer lives of great saints like Thomas Aquinas.

Ralph Martin's essay on Balthasar and von Speyr: https://www.renewalministries.net/fil...

This is a clip from episode 95 of the Catholic Culture Podcast, “Fighting Pervasive Religious Indifferentism”, with Ralph Martin. Watch the full episode here:    • Fighting Pervasive Religious Indiffer...  

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