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[–] 20 points 3 months ago (1 child)

The renaissance period is responsible for hell and the visualization of Satan.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago*

    It was more the Greeks.

    Yes a lot of how we see satan in iconography or whatever came out of the renaissance, but the idea of a place of torture in the afterlife has its roots in Greek mythology. (Specifically, Tartarus,)

    That said, Jesus definitely conceived of a place of eternal torture for people who didn’t agree that he was all that.

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