Universalism was early condemned as ''anathema'' by the [[Ante-Nicene Fathers]] and the [[Ecumenical council]]s of the universal catholic orthodox Church of the East and the West as a pernicious heresy. | Universalism was early condemned as ''anathema'' by the [[Ante-Nicene Fathers]] and the [[Ecumenical council]]s of the universal catholic orthodox Church of the East and the West as a pernicious heresy. |