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1 | Is Hades Hell? | Bible general Archive 1 | JMR | 176 | ||
The Bible mentions a place called Hades. Is Hades Hell? | ||||||
2 | Is Hades Hell? | Bible general Archive 1 | KKM | 195 | ||
If you are talking about the traditional Hell (Lake of Fire) then the answer is NO. No one at this point in time is in the Lake of Fire. Look at Revelation 19:20 - 20:15 and you will see what I mean. If you are talking about Sheol then YES there are people there now. The Greeks referred to this as Hades. Though I have read that some believe that Hades and Sheol are different places. Note the Revelation passage states that Hades is thrown into the Lake of Fire. |
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3 | Is Hades then Purgatory? | Bible general Archive 1 | JMR | 200 | ||
So if Hades is not Hell (the lake of fire is), is Hades what Catholics consider to be Purgatory? | ||||||
4 | Is Hades then Purgatory? | Bible general Archive 1 | Wolfman | 201 | ||
I am not sure if this will answer your question, but it may help. "Purgatory in Roman Catholic thought developed during the Middle Ages and hardened into dogma in reaction to the Protestant rejection of it. The Council of Trent (1545-63) declared that those who reject the doctrine of purgatory are 'anathema,' accursed....The doctrine can be seen as a distortion of biblical truth for several reasons: (1) Clear scriptural warrant is absent. The only possible supportive text is in the Apocrypha (II Macc. 12.43-45)." (Taken from the EVANGELICAL DICTIONARY OF THEOLOGY. Walter A. Elwell (ed.). Baker Books) |
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5 | So then, what is Hades? | Bible general Archive 1 | JMR | 224 | ||
Thank you all for your insight. But if Hades is not Hell nor Purgatory, then what is it? | ||||||
6 | So then, what is Hades? | Bible general Archive 1 | Wolfman | 234 | ||
"In the Septuagint, Hades is virtually synonymous with the Hebrew Sheol, the place-name of the abode of the dead. Thus, the word has in itself no doctrine of reward or punishment: see Ac. 2.27; Rev. 20.13. It appears, however, in Matt. 16.18 as the locus of opposition to the church, and this leads on to Matt. 11.23 (Lk. 10.15) and Lk. 16.23 where Hades is the place of punishment of the wicked dead." (Taken from - - EVANGELICAL DICTIONARY OF THEOLOGY. Walter A. Elwell (ed.), Baker Books). It would seem that Hades and hell are synonymous. |
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