Is there sin in Purgatory or Hell?

[Ron_Conte]

Is there sin in Purgatory? My opinion is that the prevenient grace of God prevents all the holy souls in Purgatory from sinning. If souls in Purgatory were permitted to sin, then some might sin gravely, deserving eternal punishment in Hell. But we know that all the souls in Purgatory eventually enter eternal life in Heaven. If they were permitted to sin venially only, they would continually need to do more penance (suffer more), and would not enter Heaven.

Is there sin in Hell? My opinion is that the prevenient grace of God prevents all the reprobate souls in Hell from sinning. If souls in Hell could sin, they would sin mortally often because they are wicked. Then they would continually deserve more punishment, and their sufferings would increase continually forever. This plan would be contrary to the justice and mercy of God, to permit continual grave sins forever with ever increasing sufferings. So God’s grace prevents them from sinning.

However, the souls in Hell are in a state of perpetual blasphemy. They do not commit acts of blasphemy, but rather they are in the state of having rejected the love of God and neighbor, by final impenitence, which is called blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. But all the souls and devils in Hell are no longer able to sin at all. For the Justice of God has brought an end to their sins.

 

[e_c]

Hell is perpetual sin (as a habit, not as a series of acts). To speak of sinful acts in Hell is odd, because the sentence would get increasingly worse if justice was rendered, it would seem. My first thought is that the condemned angels in Hell sin, but we are very different in nature from them. I will do some digging. I don’t see how we would be able to demerit but not merit in the afterlife. Garrigou-Lagrange probably addresses it.

Purgatory is repentance and temporal punishment. No sin. I’m sure about that one.

 

[Nelka]

Nobody is able to sin in the usual manner (murder, fornication etc.) but can sin against God in that they will rage against him. People will be tormented by their sins from their life. Not sure about Purgatory, nobody will rage against God there but may have to contend with their past sins.