“Only an atheist
need fear
infinity.”
Note: In
this place,
an unafraid theologian presents an Orthodox account of the
doctrine of absolution and the remission of sins, conscientiously noting
along the way a possible
mathematical objection to the Church’s handling of infinity in this connection, which he is not personally qualified to resolve.
Fortunately, I was able to reply in complete reassurance on
this point: the Church doctrine is
fully consonant with set-theory in its post-Cantorian understanding.
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