How many of us will end up in hell?

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StPeterRules:
I have heard that the Church has said in the past that the majority of the souls that die go to Purgatory, the second largest group go to Hell, and the smallest segment straight to Heaven. Can any confirm this?
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Do you know which Church documents state this?
 
I refuse to pass judgment on who’s going to Heaven. That would be incredibly hypocritical of me (and I’m not one to play the snotty, aloof person who feels he is above everyone else, if I did, I would have disowned all of my friends by now, but that is an entirely different story. Actually the other day, one of my friends said vebatim, “Eamon, you’re holy, are we all (refering to my other friends) going to Hell?” I said not necessarily, but I refuse to judge. Then I told my him to go to Confession, he got a real kick out of that" )

Eamon
 
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romano:
Good point! The concept of eternal damnation is very discomfiting. I guess that most priests, feeling that their congregation doesn’t even want to think about it, take care not to mention it. They might also be concerned that some people can become so obsessed with the fear of hell that they end up fleeing Catholicism by leaving the Church.
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See, to me, that response really defeats the entire purpose of being afraid of Hell to begin with (I sincerely believe that a bit of fear is a good thing, it kicked me in the tush and made me change some things that couldn’t possibly help me as St. P is going down my list, going “Ah boy, and then there was that time that you…” :p)

Eamon
 
I believe based on Jesus’ teaching that most people go to hell but that’s compatible with most people who are around today not going to hell. So, I answered, “I don’t know.”
 
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romano:
A SEDEVACANTIST. I think it means anyone who disagrees with Church Militant. You’d better ask him.
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Actually it means that you believe the chair of Peter is empty. The most common ones around believe that Pius XII was the last true pope. They believe that Vatican II is heresy and the new form of the Mass is evil.

To me, they are no different than the dissenters who say the Church is teaching error about homosexuality, contraception, abortion, and women priestesses. Sedevacanists just say the Church is teaching error about other topics.
 
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Genesis315:
Actually it means that you believe the chair of Peter is empty. The most common ones around believe that Pius XII was the last true pope. They believe that Vatican II is heresy and the new form of the Mass is evil.

To me, they are no different than the dissenters who say the Church is teaching error about homosexuality, contraception, abortion, and women priestesses. Sedevacanists just say the Church is teaching error about other topics.
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Thanks for the info. I can say with confidence now I am not a sedevacanists.
 
I put “I don’t know” becuase it’s up to God, not me, to decide who goes to hell and who doesn’t.
 
Who truly knows this answer??? Only God does. ‘I don’t know’ is the best answer.
 
I have no idea. It is not up to me, for which I thank God!!
But I voted “many”, because even if many are saved, there will still be many who are lost…There is a lot of evil in the world, and there are a lot of people who sneer at the idea of even believing in God, much less in repenting of their sins…:crying:
 
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bogeyjlg:
Thanks for the info. I can say with confidence now I am not a sedevacanists.
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Sedevacantists believe that the See of Peter is vacant (i.e., there is no Pope). I can say with confidence that I, along with the vast, vast majority of people on this board, are sedevacantists.
 
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Benedictus:
I can say with confidence that I, along with the vast, vast majority of people on this board, are sedevacantists.
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Yais. For now… 😉
 
All I can say to you and myself is to pray…mostly for those who are closer to the gates of hell :gopray2:
 
I for one chose the answer which contained a word from scripture…

Matthew 7:13-14 (New American Standard Bible)

The Narrow and Wide Gates
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13"([C](#cen-NASB-23330C))Enter through  the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to  destruction, and there are **many** who enter through it.     14"For the gate is small and the way is narrow  that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
pretty cut and dried really:D
 
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romano:
“There will indeed be judgement, but we should not despair. We need not live our lives in doubt and trepidation. We have the hope of salvation. We know that God keeps His promises, and that if we truly love Him and really try to be followers of Christ, we shall be saved (Mt 24:13).”

:blessyou:
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There ya go.
Moderation in everything, folks. God probably isn’t going to let us in free, but He probably isn’t ruthless, either. We are human, we are imperfect, and God understands that. If we strive to overcome our imperfections, God may well reward us for it. If, however, we ignore Him and reject His mercy, and do not try to overcome our faults, well…you know the answer.
Of course, like so many other people have been saying, I am not God, I couldn’t possibly know for sure. But that’s my educated guess.
 
the Hatter:
There ya go.
Moderation in everything, folks. God probably isn’t going to let us in free, but He probably isn’t ruthless, either. We are human, we are imperfect, and God understands that. If we strive to overcome our imperfections, God may well reward us for it. If, however, we ignore Him and reject His mercy, and do not try to overcome our faults, well…you know the answer.
Of course, like so many other people have been saying, I am not God, I couldn’t possibly know for sure. But that’s my educated guess.
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:amen:
 
From CatholicCulture.org:
The search for numbers in the demography of hell is futile. God in His wisdom has seen fit not to disclose any statistics. Several sayings of Jesus in the Gospels give the impression that the majority are lost. Paul, without denying the likelihood that some sinners will die without sufficient repentance, teaches that the grace of Christ is more powerful than sin: “Where sin increased, grace abounded all the more” (Romans 5:20). Passages such as these permit us to hope that very many, if not all, will be saved.

All told, it is good that God has left us without exact information. If we knew that virtually everybody would be damned, we would be tempted to despair. If we knew that all, or nearly all, are saved, we might become presumptuous. If we knew that some fixed percent, say fifty, would be saved, we would be caught in an unholy rivalry. We would rejoice in every sign that others were among the lost, since our own chances of election would thereby be increased. Such a competitive spirit would hardly be compatible with the gospel.

We are forbidden to seek our own salvation in a selfish and egotistical way. We are keepers of our brothers and sisters. The more we work for their salvation, the more of God’s favor we can expect for ourselves. Those of us who believe and make use of the means that God has provided for the forgiveness of sins and the reform of life have no reason to fear. We can be sure that Christ, who died on the Cross for us, will not fail to give us the grace we need. We know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, and that if we persevere in that love, nothing whatever can separate us from Christ (cf. Romans 8:28-39). That is all the assurance we can have, and it should be enough.
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catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=5063
 
I don’t know. I just pray that I live the good life, that when I fall and stray, I pick myself up and am sincere when I ask God’s forgiveness and that I pray and try harder not to fall again the next time temptation hits. I am so imperfect that I can’t presume to know my own eternal destiny. Like all of us, I hope that the good outweighs the bad, that I have sufficiently repented, that even if it means being in Purgatory until the final day, I will at least know I will eventually be in Heaven. So, I won’t even dare presume to try to speculate on how many will go to Heaven or to Hell.
 
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km112482:
The question should be how many of us desire or hope to be in Heaven one day. I for one have no clue who is in hell or who will end up there. That isnt for me to know or my place to say if someone will end up there or not. I personally wish that everyone would repent and believe so that we can all be in heaven.

God Bless, Kerri
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For a very interesting (and different) take on hell check out Alexander Kalomiros - ‘The River of Fire’ at:

philthompson.net/pages/library/riveroffire.html

Fascinating stuff, and much more encouraging than the sermon I linked earlier.

:blessyou:
 
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