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title: '“The Gospel to Them That Are Dead”'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Thomas Dwight Witherspoon, Sr.'
date: 1891-04-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Non-Christian Religions and Beliefs'
- 'Hermeneutics'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 7'
- 'Revelation 18'
- 'Romans 8'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/witherspoon-1891-the-gospel-to-them-that-are-dead
---

# “The Gospel to Them That Are Dead”

Two reviews: one urges fearless, comparative study of non‑Christian religions; the other exegetically interprets 1 Peter 4:6 as referring to martyrs who heard the Gospel while alive and rejects post‑mortem probation.

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