Revelation 21:8 (WEB)
But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Catechism · 1
The spiritual sense. Thanks to the unity of God's plan, not only the text of Scripture but also the realities and events about which it speaks can be signs.
Fathers and councils · 4
Tertullian
“Last of all, in the Revelation, He does not propose flight to the “fearful,” but a miserable portion among the rest of the outcast, in the lake of brimstone and fire, which is the second death.” — editor's note: Rev. xxi. 8.
Read the whole comment“In short, this Apocalypse, in its later passages, has assigned “the infamous and fornicators,” as well as “the cowardly, and unbelieving, and murderers, and sorcerers, and idolaters,” who have been guilty of any such crime while professing the faith, to “the lake of fire,” without any conditional condemnation.” — editor's note: Rev. xxi. 8.
Read the whole comment““But the fearful,” says John—and then come the others—“will have their part in the lake of fire and brimstone.”” — editor's note: Rev. xxi. 8.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…loosened from his bonds, and that he might not with himself involve in the meshes of sins, and so deliver to the destruction of the second and eternal death, any one of those whom Christ, free from all debt, had redeemed by pouring out His own blood unindebtedly; but that they who belong to the grace of Christ,…” — editor's note: Apoc. xxi. 8
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Cross-references · 9
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.15.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.15.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.15.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.15.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.15.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.15.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.15.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.15.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIII.15.