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Robert J. Fox wrote: "Hell is a place or state of eternal punishment inhabited by those rejected by God because such souls have rejected God's saving grace." [64] Evangelicals Norman L. Geisler and Ralph E. MacKenzie interpret official Roman Catholic teaching as: "Hell is a place or state of eternal punishment inhabited by those rejected by God ...
The problem of Hell is an ethical problem in the Abrahamic religions of Christianity and Islam, in which the existence of Hell or Jahannam for the punishment of souls in the afterlife is regarded as inconsistent with the notion of a just, moral, and omnipotent, omnibenevolent, omniscient supreme being.
The 1993 Catechism of the Catholic Church states: "This state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed is called 'hell ' " [88] and "they suffer the punishments of hell, 'eternal fire ' ". [89] The chief punishment of hell is eternal separation from God" (CCC 1035).
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 created and for which he longs.
Hell in Catholicism is the "state of definitive self ... to eternal life, those who have ... the punishment of hell will consist of fire and of ...
Hell Opened to Christians consists of seven daily meditations on the punishment of mortal sin in hell. These meditations, called "Considerations" within the text, contain a specific topic analyzed under three aspects and conclude with a short prayer. [1]
The 17th century King James Version of the Bible is the only English translation in modern use to translate Sheol, Hades, and Gehenna by calling them all "Hell." Many modern Christians consider Gehenna to be a place of eternal punishment. [48]
All others go to Hell. [26] Once in Hell, people will suffer to varying degrees depending on their deeds in life. [27] This punishment is eternal. [28] When the world ends all of the dead will come back to life for their permanent judgement and placed in a new Heaven, Earth and Hell. [29]