![]() (Yes, I am Catholic.) Personally, I am highly inclined to bet that van Gogh did make it to Heaven. So, that concludes today’s lesson in Catholic Theology. When Dante wrote his work “The Divine Comedy”, specifically “Inferno”, he was wrong to give examples of people who might be found in H**l. It is sinful to say things like “Go to H**l”, or “ is in “H**l” – even if that person’s actions are objectively sinful, even if the person considered is the worst of tyrants and evil men. H**l is too terrible, and each human soul is too precious, to even consider assuming that someone is in H**l, for any reason. ![]() We cannot make that judgement, only God and the person in question knows for sure. Lastly, the Catholic Church teaches that we must never presume that anyone, and that means ANYONE, has gone to H**l. God takes no say in the matter – after death each person will know, with perfect clarity, what they deserve and will choose it freely. Each person chooses to go to Heaven, or not, for themselves. Many Saints of the Catholic Church who have been granted visions of Heaven, Judgement, etc., have reported that a soul is given a period of time after death in which to review their lives and make the choice of their final destination. The act is committed with Deliberate Consent – meaning that the person must freely and fully choose to commit that act, and circumstances such as emotional disorders and outside pressure to commit the act can decrease or eliminate the guilt in committing a sin.Įven if ALL of the conditions are present for a sin to be Mortal, and therefore result in the loss of Heaven, a person may still repent and be saved. The act is committed with Full Knowledge – ignorance of the seriousness of the act can diminish the guilt in committing it. The act is Grave Matter – acts which are specified in the Ten Commandments, such as murder (including suicide). In order for a sin to be Mortal, three conditions must be present: His psychological disorders could therefore reduce or potentially eliminate the condition of ‘Deliberate Consent’ and/or ‘Full Knowledge’ for a sin to be Mortal – Mortal sin meaning one that would result in not going to Heaven – and instead suicide would be reduced to a Venial sin, which means that the person would most likely make a stop in Purgatory in order to cleanse the soul of sin before progressing to Heaven. Furthermore, psychological disorders (which van Gogh had in spades) are considered extenuating circumstances for sins of self-harm, including suicide. The Church DOES teach that we cannot know the state of the person’s soul when they commit suicide, and that repentance is still possible even in the last moment. (You can look it up in the Catechism if you don’t believe me.) ![]() The Catholic Church does NOT teach that people who commit suicide are automatically disqualified for Heaven. Vincent only sold one painting during his lifetime and only became famous after his death.Ĭheck out the full TED-Ed Lesson “The unexpected math behind Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” that these GIFs were pulled from: Vincent Van Gogh visually depicted turbulence, an incredibly complex (and still unsolved) mathematical principle in several paintings during a particularly chaotic time in his life.ġ0. His brother Theo, at his side when he died, said that Vincent’s last words were “La tristesse durera toujours,” which means “the sadness will last forever.”ĩ. This fact is widely contested, though, and several alternate theories have sprung up, including one that he was shot by two boys. It is thought that Vincent shot himself in a wheatfield in Auvers, France but did not die until 2 days later at the age of 37. In a short period of ten years, Van Gogh made approximately 900 paintings.Ĩ. Van Gogh created his most famous work “The Starry Night” while staying in an asylum in Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France.ħ. This ultimately resulted in Vincent cutting off a piece of his own ear – but not the whole ear as is often rumored.Ħ. During one of his seizures, Van Gogh attempted to attack his friend Paul Gauguin with an open razor. Van Gogh suffered from temporal lobe epilepsy, a chronic neurological condition characterized by recurrent, unprovoked seizures.ĥ. He would later paint flowers, landscapes and himself, mostly because he was too poor to pay the models.Ĥ. When Van Gogh first began painting, he used peasants as models. ![]() Van Gogh was 27 years old when he painted his first piece.ģ. He was named after his grandfather and his stillborn brother who died one year before Van Gogh was born.Ģ. Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in Groot-Zundert, Netherlands. 10 facts (and a video) on the prolific genius who died a relatively unknown artist.ġ.
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