There is a recent bibliography by Eileen Gardiner, Medieval Visions
ofHeaven & Hell (1993), whichlists texts showing a belief that some
people can get out of Hell. This may be derived somehow from Origen, but
I could not vouch for that. This idea shows up in recent fantasy novels,
George Macdonald's Phantastes & C. S. Lewis, The Great Divorce. It
reminds me of a friend's description of Purgatory as "Hell with a happy
ending."
tom izbicki
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