What is the Catholic version of hell?

Catholics believe in Heaven, Hell, and something called Purgatory that has two purposes: a temporal punishment for sin, and the cleansing from the attachment to sin. Purgatory purifies the soul before the soul’s grand entrance into heaven. Purgatory is an often-misunderstood Catholic doctrine.

What did Thomas Aquinas say about hell?

Aquinas says there that Christ carried our punishment/pain in the underworld. Christ came to carry our pain/punishment (portare poenam nostram) in order to free us from it. Because of sin, man not only incurred bodily death but also the soul’s descent into hell.

What is the Catholic response to sin?

Sin is not a permanent stain on a Catholic. Confession to a priest of the nature of any known sin, in a ceremony known as the Sacrament of Penance, is the means to absolution. Although sin is not permanent, without a proper confession to a priest, the condition of sin can remain even into the afterlife.

What does the Catholic Church say about mortal sin?

The Catechism of the Catholic Church provides: Mortal Sin destroys charity in the heart of man by a grave violation of God’s law; it turns man away from God… by preferring an inferior good to him. Venial sin allows charity to subsist, though it offends and wounds it.

Is it a mortal sin to commit a venial sin?

Deliberate and unrepented venial sin disposes us little by little to commit mortal sin. However, venial sin does not break the covenant with God. With God’s grace, it is humanly reparable. “Venial sin does not deprive the sinner of sanctifying grace, friendship with God, charity, and consequently, eternal happiness.”

What are the two categories of mortal sin?

(See the main overview of Catholic moralityfor the big picture.) Catholic Tradition and Scripture name two categories of sin: mortal sinand venial sin. Mortal sin is serious enough that it kills the life of grace within us. Venial sin is not deadly by itself, but it’s still quite dangerous.

What was the punishment of Hell according to the Catholic Church?

The chief punishment of hell is eternal separation from God, in whom alone man can possess the life and happiness for which he was created and for which he longs” (CCC 1035).