[Salvation]

IMPENITENCE, FINAL

Dying unreconciled with God, whether through loss of faith, or through despair, or through a blasphemous rejection of God's love.

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

[mlizzy]

Thanks Salvation. This is quite similar to despair (which I’ve always thought of as losing hope, like through suicide), correct? This one, now, is another that is a one-way ticket to hell it seems. Can you explain the difference between the two, Despair and Impenitence, final?