Recently the Anglicans changed their doctrine to say that hell is not literal and God will not torture people eternally. I have heard that the Catholics have changed their teaching too. Does anyone know, and can you link me to some Catholic sources that explain the new doctrine?
2006-11-15 20:31:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
newadvent.org is a good site, but it refers to the old New Catholic encyclopedia. Are there any articles that outline the current teaching?
2006-11-15 23:37:33 · update #1
The Catholic Church does teach about a literal hell.
Hell is the state of complete and final self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed, reserved for those who refuse by their own free choice to believe and be converted from sin, even to the end of their lives
No one really knows what hell is like. It has been described by people who have not been there as everything from flames to a frozen lake (Dante).
With love in Christ.
2006-11-16 16:37:09 · answer #1 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
hi, The worst soreness and suffering we may be able to have right here in this fabric undeniable is being burnt. subsequently hearth is is used as a metaphor for example only how dreadful the soreness of non secular separation will be from God contained in the subsequent life if we screw up. that is my opinion. Others take this very actually will say that's authentic hearth. My training from the RC church do not rigidity me to could come to a call on between both eventualities. The crux of the count number is that i'd be separated from God and heaven for eternity. Cheers, Michael Kelly playstation - a real hell for me will be an everlasting calculus classification with a thick accented Asian professor!
2016-11-24 22:11:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatever you choose to call it, makes no difference. Changing the doctrine to appease man, doesn't mean a thing. The bottom line is there will still be eternal torment apart from God, for the unforgiven and eternal bliss with God, for the forgiven.
2006-11-15 21:03:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jehovah's Witnesses have always taught that a burning hell does not exist. Instead, hell is the common grave of mankind. Concerning the condition of the dead, Eccl. 9:5 says that the "dead are conscious of nothing at all."
2006-11-15 20:47:15 · answer #4 · answered by LineDancer 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://www.newadvent.org
go to that site. it's catholic. goodluck.
to the 1st answerer: what do you mean by REAL christians? what are you trying to say? nevermind, your opinion doesn't matter anyway.
to your additional details: my point exactly. the catholic teachings about hell is still the same.
2006-11-15 20:35:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Real Christians still believe the Bible, hence hell fire.
I Cr 13;8a
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2006-11-15 20:33:22 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hell dose not exist.
2006-11-15 20:34:21 · answer #7 · answered by Illegals Are S*** 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋