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William Branham taught the doctrine of "annihilationism" or "conditional immortality". He believed that Hell was not a place of eternal torment. | William Branham taught the doctrine of "annihilationism" or "conditional immortality". He believed that Hell was not a place of eternal torment. | ||
We cannot be sure where he copied it from but it is clear that this was not a doctrine that he came up with himself. | |||
We know the William Branham referred to the writings of the Ante-Nicene Fathers and it is clear from their writings that the following did not believe in the immortality of the soul: | |||
*Barnabas, | |||
*Clement of Rome, | |||
*Hermas, | |||
*Ignatius, | |||
*Polycarb, | |||
*Justin Martyr, | |||
*Theophilus of Antioch, | |||
*Irenaeus, and | |||
*Clement of Alexandria, | |||
It is likely, therefore, that William Branham picked up the doctrine from reading the works of the Ante-Nicene Fathers. | |||
=Quotes of William Branham= | =Quotes of William Branham= | ||