It is because “hell” as we understand it would not be an appropriate translation. Some English translators determine that the evil must go to hell, and they translate sheol as “hell” in ...

Sheol was not, however, associated with firey torment, nor is it a place of punishment. That idea comes later. In the New Testament, “hell” is referred to by various terms: Gehenna, Hades ...

Hades / Sheol is distinct from the biblical Greek place, gehenna, which refers to “’the unquenchable fire’ reserved for those who to the end of their lives refuse to believe” (CCC 1034).

I recently read an article from a guy who said that Jesus was the “Great Theologian of Hell.” The problem is that hell is never once mentioned in the Bible. I know this may be a shocking ...

Picture hell. For those who live in Pacific Beach and work nine-to-five jobs, ... In fact, compared to Hades, Sheol, the underworld, or Dante, Sartre’s hell looks downright doable, at first.

First, "Scripture calls the abode of the dead, to which the dead Christ went down, 'hell'–Sheol in Hebrew or Hades in Greek–because those who are there are deprived of the vision of God ...

After Jesus was crucified on Good Friday, did he “Descend into Hell,” as millions of Christians recite during weekly church services in The Apostles’ Creed? Nearly 2,000 years of Christian ...

The “harrowing of hell” refers to what Christ did when he descended to Hades or hell between his death and his resurrection. The early church believed that after his death Christ descended ...