Life in Hell

stewards, not owners, of the life God has entrusted to us. It is not ours to dispose of” (Catechism #2280). When someone took their own life, they weren’t preserving it the way the Church taught them, thus Dante condemns the souls in Canto 13 for their disobedience to common teachings. The Church also frowns upon suicide because it breaks the commandment: “You shall not kill” (Catechism 5). One who commits suicide is killing themselves, which in most cases condemns them to Hell, thus Dante puts…

When he began working on The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri likely had no idea that it would become widely regarded as one of the most graphic depictions of hell ever written. This epic, narrative, and satirical poem is written in the first person, and follows Dante as he loses his way in a forest and travels through the circles of Hell. Even in the present day it is still read in classrooms, as well as a video game and animated movie based on the epic poem. This epic poem has not only been…

threat of an eternity spent in Hell. The goal of this scare tactic is to encourage people to live a morally sound life in order to earn a worthy afterlife. But the idea that a happy afterlife must be earned by living a good life while alive is not a new concept. This idea has existed in several religions before Christianity and it’s (meticulous/precise) and specific list of sins to avoid. People do not need the specific notion of sin to encourage living a worthy life for themselves and others.…

believers will experience hell, but hell and paradise have many levels. Eventually once paradise is reached there will be palaces, riches, servants, honey, milk, wine, and riches. Hell, on the other hand is not nearly as pleasant. There the damned are met with scalding food to eat, boiling water to drink, and have their bodies and souls burned by fire. Believers in Allah will find their eternal resting place lies within paradise while non-believers are left to suffer in hell. Finally, comes…

Satan, the first of all God's creation to defy his power and be sent into hell. Satan's decision to rebel comes from himself, his own decision's --he was not persuaded by God's other angels or God himself, Satan made his decision's alone. With Satan's decision to continue to disobey God after…

Sermon that can change lives A sermon in a powerful thing. Jonathan Edwards and Martin Luther King there sermons are very different, but they are both powerful. Edwards talks about hell. King talks about loving your enemies. As humans we can learn a lot from both of these men. We are a stubborn group of people, but they are trying to get us to get out of our own head and learn and change. Martin Luther King fought against what people said and did. He was fighting for equal rights and standing…

there is a slow progression to point B, or the Hell that humans picture today. Of course every person has a different philosophy about Hell, or may not even believe it to be real. Without the capability to satisfy everybody’s individual opinion on the modern philosophy of Hell, this paper will attempt to present a generalized and fundamental opinion. Before defining a societal popular view of Hell, it is ideal to recognize and note the philosophy of Hell by prominent religions. Beginning with…

Dante describes the afterlife and how souls are judged and placed in Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. Souls typically are judged on whatever their most prominent sins are, and placed in the appropriate circle of Hell or terrace of Purgatory. In The Divine Comedy, Dante illustrates that it is the choices that one makes while on Earth that determines where one will be placed in the afterlife through his descriptions of the punishments of Hell and Purgatory. However, the mercy of God also allows for…

travels through nine circles of Hell, observing punishments caused by different sins. The more severe the sin that is committed, the more severe the punishment is endured. Throughout history famous figures, people in literature, and current celebrities, have committed these nine different types of sin. I will be placing these wrong doers in the different circles of Hell discussed in the story. Circle zero, otherwise known as Vestibule, is not considered a circle of Hell. This part contains the…

do not agree with Dante’s ranking of sins. This is mostly because I do not think that some of the sins should be ranked where they are (in the book), in today’s world. It has can seen in many instances in Inferno that people are in the circles of Hell they are in because of a technicality. Dante and Virgil…