The Church taught them that they were born in sin and had to work all of their lives to make sure that they got into heaven. They needed the Church because it was the middle man between them and God. Man couldn't read so the clergy told them about what the bible said and what God wanted. If they didn't follow the teachings of the church they would go to Hell and Hell was the most awful place a person could be. They thought of these places as real ( many people still do today) and that devils existed with them and in them.
it is possibe that they believed that however you treated others it would rebound on you when in hell OR that every sin you commited would be what would happen to you when you get there. AND WHAT ABOUT HEAVAN
If we trust literature from the Middle Ages (in Europe) and our own histories of the period, most people took church teachings quite literally. Heaven and Hell were real places.
I personally believe there was more than a little scepticism about things supposedly supernatural then as now.
I think they believed that hell was scary
They did. There heaven consisted of 16 different sections with a god for each. Their hell was refered to as Tartarus.
According to traditional Christian theology, once someone is in hell, they cannot leave. Hell is viewed as a place of eternal separation from God and eternal punishment for those who have rejected God. However, beliefs about hell vary among different religious traditions and individuals.
They had neither hell nor heaven. There was the underworld, which is where the dead went.
If you are a good person then you will go to heaven. If you were a bad person you will go to hell. It all depends on your faith and religion. Also it depend on how you were as a person on earth if you were mean then you will go to hell hopeful you were nice and go to heaven with god and not to hell with the devil.
No one knows for fact there is a heaven or hell. If there is such things, it is currently impossible to have knowledge of where certain people end up.
they went to heaven instead
In Medieval England, the belief in Heaven and Hell was total. Medieval Peasants were taught that the only way to Heaven and salvation was via the Church.They gained the thought that they were going to heaven, because in those days if you attended church youhave a place reserved in heaven
It is hell it appears 117 times.
Yes, Thomas Aquinas believed in both heaven and hell. He viewed heaven as eternal union with God attained by those who lived virtuously, and he described hell as eternal separation from God for those who rejected Him. Aquinas's beliefs were informed by his understanding of theology and metaphysics.
Medieval people thought that hell was bad place with demons and just bad things happening nobody wants to go to hell.Everyone wanted to go to heaven that is the opposite to hell with nice things that's where Jesus lives and so does god.
First of all, their very lives depended on not only being Christians but on accepting exactly what the Catholic Church taught. The fate of the Cathars, Christians who believed in heaven and hell but who held somewhat different beliefs than the Catholic Church taught, is evidence of what happens to those who reject any of the Church's teachings, as is the fate of those accused of witchcraft. Even without Church discipline, most ordinary people in medieval times would have believed in heaven and hell, because it was an age of great superstition.
not enough times. But it is sad that hell is used many more times than heaven.
In the King James version the word - heaven - appears 582 times the word - heaven's - appears once the word - heavenly - appears 23 times the word - heavens - appears 133 times and the word - hell - appears 54 times
To Heaven from Hell was created in 1997.
You can in heaven but not in hell
yes, heaven, hell, and God is real
Yes, Christians believe in heaven and hell.