Bible Question: Why are Heaven and Hell not capitalized in the bible when they are proper nouns? |
Bible Answer: Ironsage - Standard conventions of modern English generally treat the words 'heaven' and 'hell' as common nouns; hence, they are not usually capitalized. Exceptions to this are as follows: The word 'earth' is usually capitalized when it refers to the planet that is third in order from the sun, e.g., planet Earth. 'Heaven' is sometimes capitalized when it refers specifically to the dwelling place of the Deity. ....... By the way, the word 'bible' that you typed in lower case in your question should always be capitalized when it is used to refer to the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. When so used, 'Bible' and 'Scripture(s)' should be capitalized, but the adjectives 'biblical' and 'scriptural' should not. --Hank |
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