Inferno cristão (Christian Hell)

No Antigo Testamento vem mencionado nos livros de Job e dos Salmos. Surge com alguma frequência nos Evangelhos de São Mateus e São Lucas. A ideia de lugar de condenação eterna tem sido assunto controverso entre os vários núcleos cristãos.

In the Old Testament it is mentioned in the books of Job and the Psalms. It arises with some frequency in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. The idea of the place of eternal damnation has been a subject of controversy among various Christian centers.

Herrad von Landsberg-'Hell'-illumination-ca 1180 Hortus Deliciarum

Jean Limbourg (active 1400-1415)-'hell'-illumination-(1413-1416) Chantilly-Musée Condé (Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, Ms 651, folio 108r)

Hans Memling (ca 1430-1494)-'Hell'-oil on wood-ca 1485 Strasbourg-Musée des Beaux-Arts

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni di Filipepi or Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510)-'Hell (Dante; Inferno, canto XVIII)'-colored drawing in parchment-1480 Berlin-Staatliche Museen

William Adolph Bouguereau (1825-1905)-'Dante and Virgil in Hell'-oil on canvas-1850 Paris-Musée d'Orsay