What is Hell Like? Check Out These Visions Received by Catholic Saints

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St. Faustina Kowalska said that in hell ‘there are caverns and torture pits where each type of agony differs from the other.’

In the history of the Catholic Church various saints and blesseds have described what hell is like and even exactly where “bad Christians” would be placed, based on visions and messages they received during their lives.

Hell’s Structure

St. Teresa of Ávila, a doctor of the Church, related in her Autobiography that when the Lord showed her hell it seemed to her that she was in an “entrance that seemed to me like a very long, narrow alley, like a very low, dark, and narrow furnace: The floor seemed to me to be like mud, with a pestilential smell.”

St. Frances of Rome was also at the entrance to hell. According to the testimony of her confessor, Father Juan Mattiotti, there she “saw an extremely great and terrible abyss.” In addition, there was a sign with this warning: “This is hell, where there is neither rest, nor consolation, nor hope.”

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St. Faustina Kowalska said that in hell ‘there are caverns and torture pits where each type of agony differs from the other.’

In the history of the Catholic Church various saints and blesseds have described what hell is like and even exactly where “bad Christians” would be placed, based on visions and messages they received during their lives.

Hell’s Structure

St. Teresa of Ávila, a doctor of the Church, related in her Autobiography that when the Lord showed her hell it seemed to her that she was in an “entrance that seemed to me like a very long, narrow alley, like a very low, dark, and narrow furnace: The floor seemed to me to be like mud, with a pestilential smell.”

St. Frances of Rome was also at the entrance to hell. According to the testimony of her confessor, Father Juan Mattiotti, there she “saw an extremely great and terrible abyss.” In addition, there was a sign with this warning: “This is hell, where there is neither rest, nor consolation, nor hope.”

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Remember, the three children of Fatima had a simultaneous vision of hell. There's no such thing as group hallucinations in the psychological literature. These children really saw something. I've listened to a lot of NDE hell testimonies. Many people have died and claimed to be in hell, and were revived. Due to modern medical resuscitation technology, many people are coming back to life, and testifying to heavenly states, hellish states, and out of body consciousness.
 
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Remember, the three children of Fatima had a simultaneous vision of hell. There's no such thing as group hallucinations in the psychological literature. These children really saw something. I've listened to a lot of NDE hell testimonies. Many people have died and claimed to be in hell, and were revived. Due to modern medical resuscitation technology, many people are coming back to life, and testifying to heavenly states, hellish states, and out of body consciousness.
I believe St. John the Cross says we shouldn't necessarily trust all private revelation. (not referring to Fatima, which is officially approved by the Church).

I find NDE's fascinating, there was an atheist turned UCC pastor that had a NDE of himself in hell and later believed in God. I forgot his name.
 
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I believe St. John the Cross says we shouldn't necessarily trust all private revelation. (not referring to Fatima, which is officially approved by the Church).

I find NDE's fascinating, there was an atheist turned UCC pastor that had a NDE of himself in hell and later believed in God. I forgot his name.
Probably Howard Storm, former atheist.
 
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