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  2. Problem of Hell - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Hell in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    The existence and eternity of hell, the demons and the damned being eternally self-punished in hell, the fate of the demons and the damned being immutable because of their refusal to repent of mortal sin and accept God's forgiveness, there being no repentance after the fall of an angel and the death of a person, there being no forgiveness ...

  4. Hell in Catholicism - Wikipedia

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    The worm of the damned is a guilty conscience, that the damned will suffer over the fact of having separated themselves from God, that the damned will physically weep on Judgement Day, that hell is so full of darkness that the damned can only see things which will torment them, that the "disposition of hell" is "utmost unhappiness", that the ...

  5. Hell - Wikipedia

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    Christ leads Adam by the hand, c.1504 The Last Judgment, Hell, c.1431, by Fra Angelico. The Christian doctrine of hell derives from passages in the New Testament. The English word hell does not appear in the Greek New Testament; instead one of three words is used: the Greek words Tartarus or Hades, or the Hebrew word Gehinnom.

  6. Devil in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Christian tradition and theology interpreted the myth about a rising star, thrown into the underworld, originally told about a Babylonian king (Isaiah 14:12) as also referring to a fallen angel. [91] The devil is generally identified with Satan, the accuser in the Book of Job. [92] Only rarely are Satan and the devil depicted as separate ...

  7. Harrowing of Hell - Wikipedia

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    In Christian theology, the Harrowing of Hell (Latin: Descensus Christi ad Inferos, "the descent of Christ into Hell" or Hades) [a] is the period of time between the Crucifixion of Jesus and his resurrection. In triumphant descent, Christ brought salvation to the souls held captive there since the beginning of the world. [1]

  8. Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife - Wikipedia

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    Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife is a book by American New Testament scholar Bart D. Ehrman.Published in 2020 by Simon & Schuster, the book examines the historical development of the concepts of the afterlife throughout Greek, Jewish, and early Christian cultures, and how they eventually converged into the concepts of Heaven and Hell, that modern Christians believe in. [1] [2]

  9. Christian mythology - Wikipedia

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    As the doctrines of heaven and hell and (Catholic) purgatory developed, non-canonical Christian literature began to develop an elaborate mythology about these locations. Dante's three-part Divine Comedy is a prime example of such afterlife mythology, describing Hell (in Inferno ), Purgatory (in Purgatorio ), and Heaven (in Paradiso ).