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The Hell There Is: An Exploration of an Often-Rejected Doctrine of the Church
“Of all the theological errors commonly held today, the most popular is surely the denial of the doctrine of hell.”
—Msgr. Charles Pope
Even self-described Christians question whether God would consign anyone to hell. Msgr. Pope explains this false “If it exists at all, it is largely empty, except perhaps for a few serial killers or genocidal maniacs like Hitler.” People who adopt this belief are ignoring Jesus’s teachings that instruct the exact opposite.
In The Hell There Is, Msgr. Pope defends the doctrine of hell against doubters and skeptics. The listener will learn how God has largely been refashioned and trivialized in much of modern thinking. The God of Scripture has been replaced by the “Jesus I know,” who would never impose demands on anyone. As in the past, those nowadays who invent their own god engage in idolatry. By denying the existence of hell, they choose a false god who is indifferent to their spiritual condition over the true God who makes demands on those He desires to save.
Msgr. Pope argues persuasively why hell plays a central role in God’s plan of salvation, based on a detailed examination of the scriptural evidence. A thorough explication of the teachings of Jesus on hell provides a convincing refutation of commonly heard claims that He never spoke about eternal punishment. Important questions about hell are answered completely based on sources from both Scripture and Tradition, including theologically sound insights from Dante’s Inferno. Through this edifying book, listeners will come to better understand, and renew belief in, the doctrine of hell.
—Msgr. Charles Pope
Even self-described Christians question whether God would consign anyone to hell. Msgr. Pope explains this false “If it exists at all, it is largely empty, except perhaps for a few serial killers or genocidal maniacs like Hitler.” People who adopt this belief are ignoring Jesus’s teachings that instruct the exact opposite.
In The Hell There Is, Msgr. Pope defends the doctrine of hell against doubters and skeptics. The listener will learn how God has largely been refashioned and trivialized in much of modern thinking. The God of Scripture has been replaced by the “Jesus I know,” who would never impose demands on anyone. As in the past, those nowadays who invent their own god engage in idolatry. By denying the existence of hell, they choose a false god who is indifferent to their spiritual condition over the true God who makes demands on those He desires to save.
Msgr. Pope argues persuasively why hell plays a central role in God’s plan of salvation, based on a detailed examination of the scriptural evidence. A thorough explication of the teachings of Jesus on hell provides a convincing refutation of commonly heard claims that He never spoke about eternal punishment. Important questions about hell are answered completely based on sources from both Scripture and Tradition, including theologically sound insights from Dante’s Inferno. Through this edifying book, listeners will come to better understand, and renew belief in, the doctrine of hell.
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April 28, 2025
Listened to this in one day. Msgr. Pope draws almost exclusively from Our LORD's own words from Sacred Scripture, and he makes a lock tight case. There is most definitely a Hell. Most people are going there. Not believing in Hell or believing in a 'nice' Jesus is not going to get us to Heaven, which is the only alternative. 🙏🙏🙏
NOTE: I was working on a project with my hands, so I didn't stop to annotate good quotes, but I plan to reread this so that I can. This book is full of them!
NOTE: I was working on a project with my hands, so I didn't stop to annotate good quotes, but I plan to reread this so that I can. This book is full of them!
April 8, 2025
A Message too important to miss
Msgnr Pope does an outstanding job to awaken a dark and dreary world to the reality of Hell. You can’t call yourself a Christian and not believe in Hell and that it is well populated. To do so denies Jesus and His teaching. Hell is the “participation trophy” of a sinful world that denies its sinfulness.
Msgnr Pope does an outstanding job to awaken a dark and dreary world to the reality of Hell. You can’t call yourself a Christian and not believe in Hell and that it is well populated. To do so denies Jesus and His teaching. Hell is the “participation trophy” of a sinful world that denies its sinfulness.
May 20, 2025
A great read! Hell I very real and we must remain vigilant, while trusting in the mercy of God!
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