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GOLD AGE OF SPANISHLITERATURE
ST. TERESAOFAVILAS
VISIONOFHELL
Emmanuel Rentoy
and Its Consistency with St. Thomas Aquinas
Writings Regarding the Punishment of the Damned
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1. Title
2. Abstract3. Hypothesis
4. Introduction5. Review6. Analysis7. Results8. Conclusions
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This paper intends to look at what St. Thomas has written about hell(found in the Supplement Q. 94, 97, 98 and 99), and how theytheologically and doctrinally support the descriptions of hell as
seen by St. Teresa through a grace granted to her by God. Didshe ever get to read St. Thomas Summa, thereby unconsciously
basing her description on theologically correct exegesis? Or was itGods purpose of giving her a vision truly accurate so as to serve as
a confirmation of St. Thomas treatise on hell?
In the process of this comparative analysis, the writer intends toshow the greatness of both bodies of work (Life and Summa),
as well as the prominence of these two Catholic writers (St. Teresa
and St. Thomas).
ABSTRACT
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Teresa of vilaalso called
Saint Teresa of Jesus
baptized as
Teresa Snchez de Cepeda yAhumada
(28 March 15154 October 1582)
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ST.TERESAOFAVILA
Born on March 28, 1515
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Avila, Spain
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Avila, Spain
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Countdown to her 500thBirth Anniversary
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ST.TERESAOFAVILA
Doctor of the Church
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Declared a Saint on March 12, 1622
by Pope Gregory XV
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ST.TERESAOFAVILA
Born in Avila, Spain, on March 28, 1515
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THOMAS AQUINAS
Summa Theologiae
Question 97. The punishment of the damned
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A long time after the Lord had already grantedme many of the favors I've mentioned and other
very lofty ones, while I was in prayer one day, Isuddenly found that, without knowing how, Ihad seemingly been put in hell. I understood
that the Lord wanted me to see the place thedevils had prepared there for me and which Imerited because of my sins. This experience
took place within the shortest space of time, buteven were I to live for many years I think itwould be impossible for me to forget it.
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1. Darkness
2. Narrow Walls and Floors3. Putrid Foul Smell4. Niche5. Pain of Fire6. Soul Torn as a Result of
Separation from theCreator
7. Realization of its Eternity
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According to St. Thomas
THE PUNISHMENT OFTHE DAMNED
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According to Saint Thomas Aquinas(SThSupp q. 69, aa. 1-7),
Hell (Latin: Infernus) is divided intofour sections or abodes:
Gehenna
Limbo of the Children
Limbo of the Fathers
Purgatory
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Gehenna.
This is hell in the strict sense,or the place of punishmentfor the damned, both demonsor humans.
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Limbo of the Children.
Where those who diein original sin alone, and
without personal mortal sin,enjoy natural beatitude
without the sensation of pain.
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Limbo of the Fathers.
Where the souls of the OldTestament saints who died beforeChrist awaited their admission toheaven. Also called Abrahams
bosom. Also a natural beatitude
without the sensation of pain.
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Purgatory.
Where the righteous who die
in venial sin or who still owea debt of temporal
punishment for sin, arecleansed by suffering before
their admission to Heaven
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Clearly,St. Teresas
hell is Gehena
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Gehenna.
This is hell in the strict sense,or the place of punishmentfor the damned, both demonsor humans.
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97. THE PUNISHMENT OF THEDAMNED
1. Those who undergo thepunishment of hell are
tormented by fire and alsoby other afflicting agencies.
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97. THE PUNISHMENT OF THEDAMNED
2. "The worm that diethnot" will afflict the
condemned soul in hell.
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97. THE PUNISHMENT OF THEDAMNED
This means that remorse ofconscience (but not
repentance), will incessantlytrouble that soul.
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97. THE PUNISHMENT OF THEDAMNED
4. The darkness ofhell is a true andmaterial darkness.
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After the resurrection
of bodies, this darkness
will afflict the bodilyvision of the damned.
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97. THE PUNISHMENT OF THEDAMNED
The fire of hell, as St. Basilsays, will have heat but not
light for those punished byit.
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6. It seems that the fire of hell
is essentially the same as thefire we know on earth,
although it doubtlessly hasdifferent properties, since it
needs no fuel and does notconsume what is cast into it.
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98. THE WILL
AND THE
INTELLECT OFTHE DAMNED
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4. As in heaven there is
perfect charity, and happinessin the fact of each soul's
being saved, so in hell there isperfect hatred and envy, andmalicious desire to see others
suffer the pains of hell
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5. The damned hate God(not in himself, for this is
impossible) in the effectsof his justice which they
have perversely brought
pon themselves
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99. GOD'S MERCYAND JUSTICE
TOWARDS THE
DAMNED
B h il f l i i
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But the guilt of mortal sin is
the guilt of completelyrejecting God and offending
him whose majesty isinfinite. The guilt of such asin deserves unending
punishment
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4. Christians who go
to hell are there
eternally, just as non-
Christians are.
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A long time after the Lord had
already granted me many of thefavors I've mentioned and othervery lofty ones, while I was inprayer one day, I suddenly foundthat, without knowing how, I had
seemingly been put inhell.
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ST.TERE
SAOFAVI
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1. Darkness
2. Narrow Walls and Floors3. Putrid Foul Smell4. Niche5. Pain of Fire6. Soul Torn as a Result of
Separation from the Creator7. Realization of its Eternity
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CONCLUSION
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ST.TERE
SAOFAVI
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1. St. Teresas Hell is in
accordance withThomistic Theology of
the Punishment of theDamned.
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SAOFAVI
LA
2. St. Teresas description
of hell could not havebeen made up or
invented because of itstheological precision.
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SAOFAVI
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3. Making it up would
seriously contradict theholiness of life that St.
Teresa showed.
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