Is this person in hell?

Question

Maria Arviso: a victim of the Inquisition - tortured for 6 weeks, then burned at the stake for refusing to confess to witchcraft. Her last words...

"I stand accused before you. I have no tears to cry and you will never break me for I have no guilt in this matter. Being brought to your justice, that was my only crime. And after enduring your justice, I am now numb to pain. I will never renounce my Lord Jesus Christ so take your last look and get on with it."

* the words in parentheses were translated from Spanish into English in 1859.

Answer 1

Well, that's what you get when a criminal mind is all you...all you'll ever ha a a a a a a ave...

Sorry. The quote just set off the "sampling recognition" portion of my brain.

To answer your question: Hell does not exist, so no.

Answer 2

How would we know the answer? Only God knows the condition of her soul upon her death. But since you asked...I would say no, sense she refused to renounce Jesus the logical assumption would be that she was Christian and the Christian faith believes that those who call upon Jesus will enter Heaven.

I find it odd that most of those who said no received a thumbs down. Do this person disagree with 1) their no answers, 2) the idea that the woman could have entered heaven or 3) the notion of Heaven/Hell?

Answer 3

Hi Z,

It depends on what you refer to as hell.

If you mean that place that some people think exists as a place of never ending fiery torment somewhere in the center of the earth...then no.

If you go by the Word of God, no place like that exists.

The only mention of a "hell fire" is found in Rev 20 (and there are other references in Scripture), and it will only burn at the end of the world. There is no "hell fire" burning today.

The word "hell" according to the Scriptures just means the grave, or "sheol."

According to this factual definition, yes, this person is in "hell" that is, the grave.

She will sleep there until called forth in one of two resurrections. Only God knows which one that will be.

Answer 4

Of course not, her hell was lived on Earth with the people who accused her of witchcraft. She did not renounce Jesus Christ so she is in heaven.

You do realize that many of the accused were suffering from mental illness and even going through the change of life, for which they were condemned.

Pretty sad, there but for the Grace of God go any of us.

Answer 5

She is either dead (in hell) awaiting the earthly 2nd resurrection or she was part of the first resurrection and is alive in heaven as part of God's Kingdom government. Hell is not a place of torment as some believe.

Answer 6

No

Hell is for the worst of the worst liars, murders, Child molesters, Terrorists, People like Hitler and Pol Pot.

Yes it does exist. Just read Sister Lucia's vivid descriptions of it and talk to some of the People who have had near death experiences and were there.

Answer 7

Christian Universalism does not teach the existence of an eternal hell.

Here are some resources for anyone interested in Christian Universalism as well as Christian Unitarianism (these are known as classical Unitarianism and Universalism which were the original roots of UU, but are no longer predominant in the UUA - and Univesalists do not necessarily have to be Unitarian and vice-versa):

Online resources:

http://churchoftheonemiracle.org/index.html

http://www.christianuniversalist.org/

http://www.christian-universalism.com/

http://www.americanunitarian.org/

http://www.geocities.com/unitarian_christianity/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_Christianity

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universalism

http://www.uuchristian.org/

Discussion Forums on Yahoo:

General Universalism Discussion Forum* (this is not specifically Christian - it labels itself post-Christian)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/universalism/

American Unitarian Conference Discussion Forum (the AUC says that they welcome non-Christians to membership)

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aucchat/


All of the following links are for groups that are Christian Universalist in orientation:

Emergent Universalism Discussion Forum

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/emerging-universalist/

Christian Universalism Discussion Forum

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/christian-universalism/

Apokatastasis Discussion Forum
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apokatastasis/

The Church of Interfaith Christians Discussion Forum

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thechu...ithchristians/

Wider Universalist Fellowship Discussion Forum

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WiderUniversalist/

Fundie Universalist Discussion Forum

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fundieuniversalist/

Reconciliation Fellowship Discussion Forum

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/reconciliation-fellowship/

Answer 8

No I don't think so the only hell that she experience was that she was misunderstood by ppl who were afraid of someone being different or knowing things that could not be explained scientifically or didn't have any proof of how one would know these things.

Answer 9

Um, not wanting to renounce Jesus pretty much pegs her as a Chrtistian, not a witch, wouldn't you say?

Answer 10

No. She probably didn't do witch craft. I don't think she would because she spoke of Jesus. If she did do witch craft, she would be a wicken. I don't think they really care about things like Jesus