Posted on 03/16/2023 5:51:01 PM PDT by marshmallow
The pope's latest scandalous comments contradict the teachings of the Church Fathers on the existence of Hell.
VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — In an interview to mark his 10-year anniversary, Pope Francis appeared to deny the existence of Hell, saying that “is not a place” but is instead simply “a state of the heart” and “a posture towards life.”
The pontiff’s comments formed part of a lengthy conversation conducted by Argentinian news site Perfil, one of a number of recent interviews the Pope granted journalists to mark his decade upon the papal throne. Touching on a number of topics he discussed with other reporters, Francis also spoke about his philosophical and theological thought, along with aspects relating to global politics.
As part of the in-depth discussion, Francis was asked, “What is your own interpretation of Hell and paradise, and what happens to people who go to Hell, and what happens to those who go to paradise?”
Giving a trademark lengthy, convoluted, and somewhat evasive answer, Francis appeared to deny the existence of Hell as an actual place. “Hell is not a place,” he said. “If one goes to attend the Last Judgment, and sees the faces of those who go to Hell, one gets scared. If you read Dante, you get scared. But these are media representations.”
Expanding on his answer, Francis described Hell simply as “a state” — a description which appeared to refer to a state of mind. “Hell is a state, there are people who live in Hell continuously.”
He clarified that he was not referring to suffering generally, but to “those who make a world of bad or sick self-referentiality, and end up living in Hell.”
Hell is a state, it is a state of the heart, of the soul, of a posture towards life.......
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Let’s start a GoFundMe page and buy this dude a Bible.
Someone is going to be in for a big surprise. This guy is leading so many astray!
Satanic churches will be satanic, it’s just how it goes.
How very Jesuit of him.
It is eternal darkness filled with weepong and the gnashing of teeth.
The im0plication is that The antipope believes there is nothing after this life. Perhaps he regards the Church as useless and that is why he is torching it.
There are many Jesus loving Catholics who are our brothers and sisters in Christ.
But they have some real doozies in leadership of their church.
I agree. Those who realize the truth though tend to wander away from the satanic Vatican. There’s nothing about God in that place.
I disagree with the RC position that people burn forever. Their natural state, once they’ve been judged, will be non-existence. Hellfire was made for angels, not man.
However, hell will be used to judge them. They will see how and why they put themselves outside of God’s grace and forgiveness.
I totally stand against Pope Francis in his position that hell is not real. He is explicitly denying Scripture on that point.
This is why Sola Scriptura is important. Something Catholics need to learn from the Reformers and start doing Bible studies instead of wasting time praying over statues of saints. If you don’t, you become like this guy.
Well now that Francine has taken a position I’m more sure than ever that the opposite is correct.
Maybe if you had one inkling of the one true faith that gave you the bible that Mad Marty cut up you wouldn’t say something so ridiculous.
Of course, he gives up hell (scriptural), but he won’t give up purgatory (unscriptural)— makes too much money out of it.
He so senile he forgot about already making this announcement
Years Ago
Let’s start a GoFundMe page and buy this dude a Bible.
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. he’s got one,,, many,, he’s just apparently never read any of them.
Sad.
“There are many Jesus loving Catholics who are our brothers and sisters in Christ.
But they have some real doozies in leadership of their church.“
Ugh. You get it. Much appreciation.
Pope Francis is a plain and simple heretic.
Pope Francis is pretty much destroying the Catholic Faith and its Beliefs. Trying to move toward total Socialism. If he wants to do that then he should be selling off the treasures and secrets of the Chruch and giving all the wealth away. Much like the fictional Pope in Morris West’s book, The Shoes of the Fisherman.
Wonder how many little boys Francis has had in his lifetime.
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