Editing Problem of Hell (section)

====Unofficial teaching====
Some theologians speculate about the reason for the creation and eternity of hell. A common argument made is from divine justice: as the righteous receive an eternal reward (God) for a temporary good deed, so the wicked receive an eternal punishment (loss of God) for a temporary evil deed. Another common argument is that the loss of God includes the loss of one's good inclinations and desires, so that all that remains is evil inclinations and desires (whereby the demons and the damned refuse to repent).<ref>[https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07207a.htm New Advent, Hell]</ref> 

[[Thomas Aquinas]] said that not all punishment is remedial or temporary, such as [[capital punishment]], and that hell fits this exception. He further said that, by being confined to hell, the wicked cannot commit sin among the righteous in heaven.<ref>[https://isidore.co/aquinas/ContraGentiles3b.htm#144 Thomas Aquinas' Contra Gentiles, Chapter 144 THAT BY MORTAL SIN A MAN IS ETERNALLY DEPRIVED OF HIS ULTIMATE END]</ref>

According to [[Catherine of Siena]], Jesus told her of the righteous in heaven: "Their will is so one with mine that even if a father and mother saw their child in hell, or a child its parent, it would not trouble them: They would even be content to see them punished, since they are my enemies."<ref>[https://isidore.co/misc/Res%20pro%20Deo/ITOPL_OCR-layer-only/15.%20Supplementum%20-%20Dogma%20&%20Moral/Moral/St.%20Catherine%20of%20Siena_OCR.pdf The Dialogue of Saint Catherine of Siena, 83]</ref>