The emergence of the idea of hell dates back to the time of the birth of primitive people of religion. Already among the tribes who practiced animism, the idea is that a person who was good (in accordance with their ideas, of course) after death will end up in a beautiful country full of food, and one that committed bad deeds will be frightened after it .
Near hell
Around the beginning of the Middle Ages until its end, the theme of hell and paradise is constantly heard in the mouths of the only figures not subjected to persecution of this period - clergy. All sinners - and getting on this list at that time was much easier than now - terrible torment awaited after death.
A reminder of this was to make the parishioners tremble and pray earnestly, so the priests did not skimp on threats. Here are some quotes about hell:
So, what God said through His prophet about the eternal punishment of the condemned, so it will be, it will certainly be: “Their worm will not die, and their fire will not die out.” (Isa. 66: 24)
For the strongest imprinting of these words, the Lord God, meaning by the members seducing a person such people whom someone loves as their members, and commanding them to be cut off, says: “It’s better for you to enter into life for a crippled person than to go to hell with two hands , into unquenchable fire, where their worm does not die and the fire does not die out. "
... hell - as applied to the evil who are punished in hell.
Life in the Middle Ages was far from sugar, so it is quite possible that there was nothing exotic in the threats to the flock. One way or another, at the end of the Middle Ages, hell begins to be "mastered" by writers. Here, the pioneer is Dante Alighieri.
Near paradise
The gray Middle Ages is replaced by the magnificent Renaissance with its tumultuous development of art and anthropocentrism. Dante Alighieri, who was his forerunner and broke through the sacred defense of hell and paradise, opens the way for artists who for the first time decide to portray paradise. But he appears not only in the pictures. Paradise is now on earth. And lush feasts, beautiful clothes are no longer condemned as much as before. The power of the pope is strong, perhaps more than ever, but at the same time its religious component is stubbornly losing ground, giving way to the secular.
Here are quotes about the hell of this period:
I want to go to hell, not heaven. There I can enjoy the company of popes, kings and dukes, while paradise is inhabited by beggars, monks and apostles alone. Nicollo Macia Valley
As always, exhaustively.
Between Hell and Paradise
Inheriting the traditions of anthropocentrism, using all the benefits of freedom of conscience and religion, modern culture uses the images of hell and paradise at its discretion. The last outbreak of such interest occurred in the tenth years of the 21st century, when the fashion for teenage series about supernatural beings reappeared.
For statements about hell and paradise, you can no longer lose your head than the creators of various spills actively use. These concepts have tightly entered human life as mass media images and are not going to give up their positions.
Unable to actually follow the principles of Makkivialism (not everyone has their own personal state), many teenagers continue to follow them even in their own words. In hell, the guys are hotter and the girls are prettier.
This quote about hell and paradise will perhaps best describe the current situation:
Good girls go to heaven, and bad girls go wherever they want. Erhard Ute