Damnation (from Latin ) is the concept of everlasting divine punishment and/or disgrace, especially the punishment for sin as threatened by God (e.g. ). A damned being "in damnation" is said to be either in Hell, or living in a state wherein they are divorced from Heaven and/or in a state of disgrace from God's favor. Those Christians in purgatory, the "Church Suffering", are not considered damned, because their stay there is not eternal, while people who are damned to Hell will stay there eternally.