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The word is translated as either "Hell" or "Hell fire" in many English versions. [4] Gehenna was a physical location outside the city walls of Jerusalem. The Greek verb ταρταρῶ ( tartarō , derived from Tartarus ), which occurs once in the New Testament (in 2 Peter 2 :4), is almost always translated by a phrase such as "thrown down to ...
Augustine of Hippo (/ ɔː ˈ ɡ ʌ s t ɪ n / aw-GUST-in, US also / ˈ ɔː ɡ ə s t iː n / AW-gə-steen; [22] Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), [23] also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa.
Augustine believed that a physical Hell exists, but that physical punishment is secondary to the punishment of being separated from God. He proposed two reasons for this: Firstly, humans have free will, and only those who choose to follow God will be forgiven and able to avoid Hell. [ 19 ]
Augustine believed that unbaptized infants go to hell as a consequence of original sin. [c] [81] The Latin Church Fathers who followed Augustine adopted his position, which became a point of reference for Latin theologians in the Middle Ages. [82] In the later medieval period, some theologians continued to hold Augustine's view.
Augustine: Should any ask what greater punishment is reserved for murder, if evil-speaking is visited with hell-fire? This obliges us to understand, that there are degrees in hell. [18] Chrysostom: Or, the judgment and the council denote punishment in this word; hell-fire future punishment. He denounces punishment against anger, yet does not ...
Augustine viewed the grace leading to justification as unfailing for the elect, [68] [69] though he did not explicitly call it "irresistible grace". [70] Some Protestant theologians interpret Augustine’s teachings as implying that justifying grace is indeed irresistible.
A priest says he briefly went to hell in 2016.. He saw men walking like dogs and heard demons singing Rihanna songs. While many of the most publicized near-death experiences are more positive than ...
Modern English translations of it are sometimes published under the title The Confessions of Saint Augustine in order to distinguish the book from other books with similar titles. Its original title was Confessions in Thirteen Books , and it was composed to be read out loud with each book being a complete unit.