Thomas Aquinas on the final state of the lost
1225 – 1274 · SCHOLASTIC
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
Eternal conscious punishment
THE POSITION
Eternal conscious punishment.
SCRIPTURE
MATTHEW 25:46 · BSB
46 And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
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Dominican friar, author of the Summa Theologiae. Synthesized Aristotelian philosophy with Christian doctrine; the reference point for later Catholic theology.
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"Thomas Aquinas on the final state of the lost", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/aquinas/final-state (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/aquinas/final-state).