Saints Who Saw Hell Quotes

“The Arena of White-Hot Seats They then proceeded to a northern region, as if they were going up a mountain. After they descended the mountain, they came to a very large and dark-looking house surrounded by old walls. Within it were a great many rows filled all around with countless heated iron seats. These seats were constructed with white-hot iron hoops, with nails driven into every part of them, above and below, right and left. In them sat souls of both sexes and various kinds of status. They were pierced all over their bodies by the white-hot nails and were bound on all sides by fiery hoops. There were so many of those seats, and such a multitude of people sitting in them, that no tongue could report them all. All around these courts were black iron walls, and near these walls were other seats, in which the demons sat in a circle, as if they were watching a pleasant performance. They were grinning at each other over the tortures of the wretched souls, and reminding them of the crimes they had committed.”
― Paul Thigpen, Saints Who Saw Hell: And Other Catholic Witnesses to the Fate of the Damned

“The Land of Oblivion. “These kingdoms are laid out so that, if you were to walk in them forever, you would find no boundary or border to any of them. And there is no pain or misery in one kingdom that is not suffered by every person in hell. “Five of the kingdoms are under the dominion of Beelzebub, and the other five under the dominion of Lucifer. They assign the demon who presides over each sin to fight against every Christian in the world, to destroy him and to bring God’s wrath on him. If that demon is unable to destroy the man and drag him along with him to hell, then the pains that had been awaiting the man he battled are laid in double measure on the demon, along with the pains the demon already had.”
― Paul Thigpen, Saints Who Saw Hell: And Other Catholic Witnesses to the Fate of the Damned

“And there are ten kingdoms in hell. Here are their names: “The Lake of Death. “The Land of Darkness. “Lowest Hell. “The Marsh of Fire. “The Land of Horror. “The Unfilled Lake. “The Land of Affliction. “The Dwelling of Pains. “The Fire of Poison.”
― Paul Thigpen, Saints Who Saw Hell: And Other Catholic Witnesses to the Fate of the Damned

“Next a priest was dragged violently from his fiery seat to the arena, and placed before these inhuman goblins by the servants of sin. They cut open his throat in the middle, pulled out his tongue, and cut it off at the root. This priest had taken the temporal goods of the people entrusted to his care, but he had not repaid them by holy exhortation or by an example of good works when he could have done so. Nor had he given them the support of prayers or of Masses. Afterwards, he received the same treatment as the proud man: They tore him limb from limb. Then they restored him again entirely and placed him in a chair of torture.”
― Paul Thigpen, Saints Who Saw Hell: And Other Catholic Witnesses to the Fate of the Damned

“My God, I believe, I adore, I hope, and I love you. I ask pardon for those who do not believe, do not adore, do not hope, and do not love you.”
― Paul Thigpen, Saints Who Saw Hell: And Other Catholic Witnesses to the Fate of the Damned