How many degrees is it in hell?

Answer 1

As the concept of "hell" is a religious one, this question cannot be answered either religiously or technically. We cannot prove "hell" exists nor the temperature of it if it did.

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Catholic AnswerHell is the state of being separated from God for all eternity, as such, it has no "degrees", just one - eternal damnation. However, some popular writers have imagined what different degrees would be like, and we are told that some sins merit more punishment than others, although just being separated from God for all eternity is too much punishment to even be imagined. Dante, in his Inferno, wrote of nine circles of hell:

2 The nine circles of Hell

2.1 First Circle (Limbo)

2.2 Second Circle (Lust)

2.3 Third Circle (Gluttony)

2.4 Fourth Circle (Greed)

2.5 Fifth Circle (Wrath)

2.6 Sixth Circle (Heresy)

2.7 Seventh Circle (Violence)

2.8 Eighth Circle (Fraud)

2.9 Ninth Circle (Treachery