Their beautiful, but heavy lead cloaks suggest they lived a good life from the outside but were evil on the inside.
Since they attempted to know the future, their heads are twisted backwards so they can only see what is behind them
Simonists defrauded churchgoers on earth, so they are punished with a constant rain of coins that beat their half-buried bodies.
It suggests how a punishment should fit a sin.
I do not know what you mean by "eternal sin", but what I do know is that, suicide is indeed a sin.
Their fate will be the same as the devil's, eternal punishment in the lake of fire.
It is the sin all humans are supposed to carry because of Adam disobeying God's will. (The correct term is Original sin not eternal sin) edit: If by eternal you mean unforgivable then the answer is that there isn't one. All sins may be forgiven.
Christ dying on the cross to take the punishment for our crimes against God, so that if we repent (turn from sin) and trust in him, we will be saved from Hell, and will have eternal life in Heaven.
Sin and punishment
The Eternal Sin - 1917 was released on: USA: 15 March 1917 Portugal: 2 November 1919
Reconciliation.Roman Catholic AnswerThere are two kinds of punishment for sin. In reconciliation (confession), the eternal punishment (separation from God eternally in hell) is entirely remitted, and the temporal punishment is partially remitted through your penance. The temporal punishment is due to the fact that all sin has consequences that we do not see, necessarily, and that we are bound, in justice, to repair the damage we have done - to the extent that we can. This punishment is remitted through good works - fasting, prayer, almsgiving; it is also remitted through an indulgence, a plenary indulgence remits ALL the punishment due to already forgiven sin. Anything not remitted in this life is paid for in purgatory as only the perfect can enter heaven.
jeremiah
In Dante's Inferno, the punishments suffered by sinners are directly related to the sins they committed in life. The severity of the punishment reflects the severity of the sin. Each punishment is meant to symbolize the spiritual consequences of the sin.