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 ...

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 ...

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).

Sheol was translated to Hades in the Greek Septuagint, as opposed to Gehenna, the Greek word for a different compartment of the underworld seen as a place of judgment and destruction.

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 ...