Asserts that although the description of hell has nearly disappeared from modern Christian theology, it is needed. The modern view of hell; Question of whether heaven can exist without hell; View that hell means eternal separation from God; The prospect of hell as a deterrent.Woodward...
Pope Francis is clearly uncomfortable with this idea of God as the Eternal Torturer, and much prefers the notion that the souls of those “who do not repent and cannot be forgiven” will simply be destroyed. “Annihilationism” is the formal name for this argument, and it crops up quite o...
Immediately after death the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell, where they suffer the punishments of hell, ‘eternal fire.’ The chief punishment of hell is eternal separation from God, in whom alone man can possess the life and happiness for which he was ...
In recent times, many Christian churches have taught a less harsh hell—often described as eternal separation from God. The common understanding among many mainstream Christians is that evil people and nonbelievers will live forever in some state of torment. What is hell, according to the Bible?
Matt. 3:12; Luke 3:17 – John the Baptist said the Lord will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire. This unquenchable fire is the state of eternal separation from God, which the Church has called “hell” for 2,000 years. Some Protestant communities no longer acknowledge the reality of ...
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, “immediately after death, the souls of those who die in a state of mortal sin descend into hell, where they suffer the punishments of hell, ‘eternal fire.'” “The chief punishment of hell is eternal separation from God, in whom alone...
He had wanted to reinforce the new Catholic catechism, which holds that hell is a "state of eternal separation from God", to be understood "symbolically rather than physically". Agostino Paravicini Bagliani, a church historian, said the Pope was "right to remind us that hell is not something...
Often Hell The place of eternal punishment for the wicked after death, often imagined as being presided over by Satan and his devils. Hail Hailing distance Told me to stay within hail. Hell A state of separation from God; exclusion from God's presence. Hail To precipitate in pellets of ice...
(Rom. 6:23.) This scripture means what it says. The attempts of many theologians to "explain away" death and to "interpret" it as mere "separation from God" cannot be reconciled with Scripture. Death clearly does NOT mean "eternal life" in the horrifying torments of an eternal "hell."...
human beings not only reproducing themselves biologically, but reproducing their patterns of sin generationally. And worse than anything that ever has taken place on our planet is what awaits people after life—eternal separation from God in a place of unending, conscious agony. God could prevent ...