Editing Problem of Hell (section)

====Official teaching====
The [[Catholic Church]] does not believe in the problem of hell, but believes - as dogma - that because God is all-good he condemns the impenitent to eternal punishment in hell at death and at the [[Last Judgment]]. This dogma was defined by the [[Council of Trent]]<ref>[http://www.thecounciloftrent.com/ch14.htm Council of Trent, Session 14, Canon 5]</ref> based on Jesus' teaching of the same during his public ministry and when "he descended into hell."<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_one/section_two/chapter_two/article_5/paragraph_1_christ_descended_into_hell.html Catechism of the Catholic Church 633]</ref>

The church also teaches that hell is a place of punishment<ref>''[[Catechism of the Catholic Church]]'', 1035, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, {{ISBN|0-89243-565-8}}, 1994 – the revised version issued 1997 has no changes in this section</ref> brought about by a person's self-exclusion from communion with God.<ref>''Catechism of the Catholic Church'', 1033, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, {{ISBN|0-89243-565-8}}, 1994</ref> Hell is the free and continual rejection of God's forgiveness of sins.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a12.htm#1037|title=Catechism of the Catholic Church 1037}}</ref> This rejection takes the form of the committing of a mortal sin without repentance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s1c1a8.htm#1861|title=Catechism of the Catholic Church 1861}}</ref> (This does not include [[original sin]], since it is not an evil deed, since no one is predestined to hell, and since [[Feeneyism]] is the heresy that non-Catholics and excommunicated Catholics cannot be saved)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a12.htm|title=Catechism of the Catholic Church 1037}}</ref> A sinner, once in hell, will inevitably refuse to turn away from his mortal sin to God's forgiveness. Accordingly, hell must endure as chief punishment for this continuing lack of repentance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p123a12.htm#1057|title=Catechism of the Catholic Church 1057}}</ref>