New answers tagged hell
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Я теж вважаю, що всі повинні спастися незалежно від зробленого, але в чому ж полягає наше буття. Один робить одне, другий - інше , де ж справедливість. На мою думку, саме любов Бога до нас врятує всіх, але потрібно буде ''претерпіти ''кожному по ділам його.
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Most of the contradictions we perceive stem from a misunderstanding of the depths of the riches of God's goodness and his judgement along with a commensurate misunderstanding of our own fallenness. It is always dangerous for us to use ourselves and what good we think we are capable of as the standard against which we evaluate God. Paul Chernoch has given a ...
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The Apostle Paul outlined for us a definition of Love. Mercy falls under that larger category. So can we measure the degree of Christ’s love by that standard? If Jesus perfectly exemplifies love by his actions, then we must conclude that the motive behind his admonitions about Hell was one of Love.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does ...
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Is it possible to repent after death in Catholicism?
The short answer seems to be possibly yes immediately after death.
There seems to be a pious belief amongst some Catholics that immediately after death Our Lord gives sinners a final chance to repent of their sins.
Here I will let Padre St. Pio do the talking:
"I believe that not a great number of ...
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In ancient times what we call a city was to them a Kingdom. Thus a city and hence a kingdom without walls was indefensible. The land was controlled by military might which meant that borders were fluid and indistinct. This meant that empires could change size but the kingdom controlled a small area of the empire.
When Jesus spoke about heaven he ...
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As a crude analogy, God sending his Son to die on the cross is as much child abuse as a father sending his son to war. He didn't kill his son; others did. Though he knew his son would be killed, it was for a righteous cause.
How was it loving for God to torture his own son?
God didn't torture Jesus. Mankind did, with the acceptance of Christ.
But he ...
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How was it loving for God to torture his own son?
God didn't torture His own Son. We did.
How was it just/fair for Jesus to take the punishment that we deserve?
It wasn't fair, but it was God's demonstration of love.
Humanity was cursed for our sin which resulted in the consequence of
death. Jesus took that curse upon Himself, on our behalf, which ...
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From a Christian perspective, your question contains two erroneous premises: first that every person will be saved (universal salvation) and second that “Jesus descended into the deepest depths of Hell to endure further ineffable tortures.” According to the Bible, only those persons who come to saving faith in Christ Jesus will be saved.
God is ...
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