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What did Pope John Paul say about hell?
Hell is a reality and eternal damnation is a self-inflicted punishment, Pope John Paul II told pilgrims attending his weekly general audience Wednesday.
What is the place between heaven and hell called?
limbo
limbo, in Roman Catholic theology, the border place between heaven and hell where dwell those souls who, though not condemned to punishment, are deprived of the joy of eternal existence with God in heaven.
Where did concept of hell come from?
The modern English word hell is derived from Old English hel, helle (first attested around 725 AD to refer to a nether world of the dead) reaching into the Anglo-Saxon pagan period.
What is difference between purgatory and hell?
As nouns the difference between hell and purgatory is that hell is (countable|hyperbole) a place or situation of great suffering in life while purgatory is (theology) in catholicism, the stage of the afterlife where souls suffer for their sins before they can enter heaven.
How does the Catholic Church describe hell?
Hell in Catholicism is self-exclusion from eternal life by original sin, or by the refusal to repent of a mortal sin at the moment of death, since original sin and mortal sin both deprive one of sanctifying grace. The church regards sheol as distinct from hell, being the place where Jesus descended to after death.
Who was the Pope in hell?
In his Inferno, Dante portrayed Boniface VIII as destined for hell, where simony is punished, although Boniface was still alive at the fictional date of the poem’s story. Boniface’s eventual destiny is revealed to Dante by Pope Nicholas III, whom he meets.
Where is hell described in the Bible?
HELL IS A PLACE OF FIRE In Matthew 13:42, Jesus says: “And shall cast them into a FURNACE OF FIRE: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.”