JP II explained Heaven, Hell and Purgatory as states of being in a series of audiences in the summer of 1999. Are we talking about spirits or does it mean state of mind?
JP II explained Heaven, Hell and Purgatory as states of being in a series of audiences in the summer of 1999. Are we talking about spirits or does it mean state of mind?
Not merely a “state of mind,” but the condition, or status, of one’s total existence.
The Holy Father’s point is that we shouldn’t ask the latitude and longitude of heaven. Heaven is not a fit subject for geography. Rather, to be “in” heaven is to experience the Presence of God, the Beatific Vision.
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