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Hell

The reality the unrepentant face: final separation from God

Hell is the state of final separation from God and punishment for the unrepentant, spoken of in Jesus' teaching, in Mark, and in Revelation. Its nature is contested among Christians: many hold to eternal conscious torment, some to annihilationism, in which the lost finally cease to be, and others cherish a universalist hope that all may ultimately be saved. The character and duration of the punishment are likewise debated.

How it traveled

  1. Mark
    Rome · 68
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  2. Matthew
    Antioch · 80
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  3. Luke
    Rome · 84
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  4. Revelation
    Patmos · 100
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  5. The First Apology
    Rome · 165
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  6. The Second Apology
    Rome · 165
    explains
  7. Against Heresies: Book V
    Lyons · 202
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  8. The Instructions of Commodianus.
    — · 220
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  9. On Repentance.
    — · 220
    explains
  10. On the Soul and the Resurrection
    Nyssa · 395
    explains
  11. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  12. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  13. Homilies on First Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  14. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Paul's Epistle to the Romans
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  15. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  16. Homilies on Second Corinthians
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  17. A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  18. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  19. The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  20. The Homilies on the Statues to the People of Antioch
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
    explains
  21. An Exhortation to Theodore After His Fall
    Constantinople (Istanbul) · 407
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  22. City of God
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  23. Expositions on the Book of Psalms
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  24. The Enchiridion
    Hippo Regius · 430
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  25. Letters of St. Augustin
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  26. On the Catechising of the Uninstructed
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  27. A Work on the Proceedings of Pelagius
    Hippo Regius · 430
    explains
  28. The Book of Pastoral Rule, and Selected Epistles, of Gregory the Great
    Rome · 604
    explains
  29. Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)
    Paris · 1274
    explains
  30. Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It
    Geneva · 1564
    explains

Key passages(20)

Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects — Sermon X. THE FUTURE PUNISHMENT OF THE WICKED UNAVOIDABLE AND INTOLERABLE. — part 2↗explains

Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards

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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects — Sermon XI. THE ETERNITY OF HELL TORMENTS. — part 8↗explains

Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards

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Seventeen Occasional Sermons — SERMON I. Natural Men in a dreadful Condition — part 8↗explains

Seventeen Occasional Sermons · Jonathan Edwards

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Seventeen Occasional Sermons — SERMON VII. The Portion of the Wicked — part 5↗explains

Seventeen Occasional Sermons · Jonathan Edwards

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Sinners in Zion Tenderly Warned — SECTION II. How fearfulness will surprise them — part 4↗explains

Sinners in Zion Tenderly Warned · Jonathan Edwards

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Seventeen Occasional Sermons — SERMON VII. The Portion of the Wicked — part 6↗explains

Seventeen Occasional Sermons · Jonathan Edwards

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Sinners in Zion Tenderly Warned — SECTION II. How fearfulness will surprise them — part 3↗explains

Sinners in Zion Tenderly Warned · Jonathan Edwards

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Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It — CHAPTER 25. - OF THE LAST RESURRECTION. — part 11↗explains

Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from It · John Calvin

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City of God — A review of the philosophical opinions regarding the Supreme Good, and a comparison of these opinions with the Christian belief regarding happiness. — The End of the Wicked.↗explains

City of God · Augustine of Hippo

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City of God — Of the eternal punishment of the wicked in hell, and of the various objections urged against it. — Against Those Who are of Opinion that the Punishment Neither of the Devil Nor of Wicked Men Shall Be Eternal.↗explains

City of God · Augustine of Hippo

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City of God — Of the eternal punishment of the wicked in hell, and of the various objections urged against it. — Of Hell, and the Nature of Eternal Punishments.↗explains

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City of God — Of the eternal punishment of the wicked in hell, and of the various objections urged against it. — Of Those Who Fancy that No Men Shall Be Punished Eternally.↗explains

City of God · Augustine of Hippo

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City of God — Of the eternal punishment of the wicked in hell, and of the various objections urged against it. — Of the Order of the Discussion, Which Requires that We First Speak of the Eternal Punishment of the Lost in Company with the Devil, and Then of the Eternal Happiness of the Saints.↗explains

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City of God — Of the eternal punishment of the wicked in hell, and of the various objections urged against it. — What It is to Have Christ for a Foundation, and Who They are to Whom Salvation as by Fire is Promised.↗explains

City of God · Augustine of Hippo

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City of God — Of the eternal punishment of the wicked in hell, and of the various objections urged against it. — Whether Bodily Suffering Necessarily Terminates in the Destruction of the Flesh.↗explains

City of God · Augustine of Hippo

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City of God — Of the eternal punishment of the wicked in hell, and of the various objections urged against it. — Whether It is Possible for Bodies to Last for Ever in Burning Fire.↗explains

City of God · Augustine of Hippo

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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects — Sermon IX. THE FUTURE PUNISHMENT OF THE WICKED UNAVOIDABLE AND INTOLERABLE. — part 2↗explains

Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards

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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects — Sermon IX. THE FUTURE PUNISHMENT OF THE WICKED UNAVOIDABLE AND INTOLERABLE. — part 3↗explains

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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects — Sermon IX. THE FUTURE PUNISHMENT OF THE WICKED UNAVOIDABLE AND INTOLERABLE. — part 4↗explains

Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards

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Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects — Sermon V. THE FOLLY OF LOOKING BACK IN FLEEING OUT OF SODOM. — part 1↗explains

Fifteen Sermons. On Various Subjects · Jonathan Edwards

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