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Gnawing worms, unquenchable fire, utter darkness, weeping and gnashing of teeth. With these fearful words, Jesus warned that hell is real … and that we could end up there.

Since the Early Church, Catholic saints and other visionaries have reported horrific scenes of eternal punishment. Dozens of saints throughout history have described the terrors of hell, and relayed horror of being separated from God for eternity so that we may see for ourselves and repent.

In Saints Who Saw Hell, you’ll find …
  • The scriptural witness to the reality of hell, including the warnings of Jesus, the prophets, and the Apostles;
  • Scenes from the second-century Apocalypse of Peter, the oldest surviving Christian vision of hell;
  • Ancient reports collected by Pope St. Gregory the Great;
  • Medieval accounts from St. Bede, the voyage of St. Brendan, St. Hildegard of Bingen, St. Catherine of Siena, and St. Frances of Rome.
  • Witnesses to hell from the time of the Catholic Reformation, such as St. Teresa of Ávila, Blessed Maria de Agreda, and Blessed Richard of St. Anne;
  • Visions from later centuries, such as those of St. Veronica Giuliani, Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, St. John Bosco, the children of Fatima, and St. Faustina Kowalska;
  • … and other accounts from those who insist they have witnessed the fate of the damned.
The scenes in these pages, varying in detail and source, all testify to one harrowing truth:
Hell is the final guarantee that what we do really matters.

For us here on earth, a peak at the grisly tortures of hell is sometimes what we really need to redouble our efforts at achieving the glorious sweetness of heaven.
 

ISBN-13: 9781505112801

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: TAN Books

Publication Date: 10-07-2019

Pages: 216

Product Dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

Paul Thigpen, Ph.D., is the editor of TAN Books and the best-selling author, co-author or compiler of forty-one titles. Among his most popular books are The Burden: A Warning of Things to Come and The Rapture Trap: A Catholic Response to End Times Fever. A convert to the Catholic faith, Paul has served the Church as an award-winning journalist, historian, apologist, catechist, and member of the National Advisory Council of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. His work has been circulated worldwide and translated into twelve languages.

Table of Contents

Introduction Hell Matters xi

1 "Remember the End of Your Life" 1

What Are We to Make of These Visions?

2 "Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth" 9

Glimpses of Hell in Scripture

I Visions of Saints

3 "No Mortal Can Comprehend these Things" 19

St. John Bosco

4 "The Soul is Tearing Itself in Pieces" 33

St. Teresa of Ávila

5 "A Monster Who Looked Like a Worm" 39

St. Hildegard of Bingen

6 "Despair, Like a Vulture, Gnaws Every Heart" 45

Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich

7 "Four Principal Torments" 51

St. Catherine of Siena

8 "A Sea of Fire" 59

The Children of Fátima

9 "Caverns and Pits of Torture" 63

St. Maria Faustina Kowalska

10 "Ferocious Demons in their Rabid Fury" 67

Venerable Maria of Agreda

II Visions Reported by Saints

11 "A Black and Smoky River" 79

Pope St. Gregory the Great Reports Six Visions

12 "A Stench, Foul Beyond Compare" 89

St. Bede Reports the Vision of St. Drytheim

13 "The Black Book of Crimes" 97

St. Bede Reports Visions of Two Wicked Men

14 "Fire and Serpents were Consuming him" 103

St. Alphonsus Liguori Reports the Vision of Blessed Richard of St. Ann

III Visions Attributed to Saints

15 "The Time for Repentance is Over!" 109

The Apocalypse of Peter

16 "The Abyss has no Bottom" 115

The Apocalypse of Paul

IV Other Catholic Visionaries

17 "Souls in the Scale" 127

The Vision of Thurkill

18 "The Prince of Darkness" 139

The Vision of Tundale

V Legendary and Literary Visions

19 "The Borders of Hell" 149

The Voyage of St. Brendan

20 "Impossible for the Tongue to Tell" 153

The Vision of Merlino

21 "Souls Who Gulp the Mud" 169

Dante's Inferno

22 "A House Divided against Itself" 173

My Visit to Hell

23 "God's Immense Goodness and Infinite Mercy" 181

A Final Reflection from The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola

Sources And Acknowledgments 185