Codex Disbelievium

Out of every Christian I can think of (yes, even including John Milton), Dante may well represent the biggest influence on Christians’ Hell-beliefs.

Today, let’s check out how early medieval philosophers and theologians further developed the concepts involved with Hell.

Hi and welcome back! Lately, we’ve been talking about how the idea of Hell began and how it changed in early Christianity. We’re now up to the momentous 4th century, when Christianity underwent a whole lot of big shifts. Today, let me introduce you to Augustine of Hippo — and show you Read more

Hi and welcome back! Last time we visited Hell, we checked out what the second wave of Christians (2nd – very early 4th century) thought of the idea. And we saw these Christians slowly embellishing and extending the initial ‘lake of fire’ idea. Today, let’s see what the third wave Read more

We tracked the prehistory of Hell already, so today, let’s look at what 2nd-4th century Christians did with the idea of it. 

Yesterday, we talked briefly about how Hell developed as an idea before Christianity’s creation — and how it developed in other religions alongside Christianity. Today, let’s look at how the earliest Christians further developed existing ideas about Hell.

Today, let’s talk about the prehistory of the Christian notion of Hell.

Today, let’s look at how Hell-believers deal with this very potent conflict with their Happy Pretendy Fun Time Game.