If left un-reconciled, mortal sins may lead to eternal separation from God, traditionally called Hell.

It was direct and knowing about the very real and very frightening prospect of eternal separation and loss.

The first was spiritual death, which brought eternal, spiritual separation from God.

In an eternal separation only can either of us hope for dignity and propriety of action.

--was this to be the prelude to their eternal separation?

He wiped the tears from his eyes as the image of eternal separation fixed itself in his head.

Conversely, sins of great evil are mortal sins-which bring the consequence of eternal maximal separation from God, the state more so than place, called hell.

I found myself thinking, too, of Satsu; I danced the bitterness of our eternal separation.

That penalty is eternal separation from God's presence.

Conversely, others reach a state called Hell, that is eternal separation from God often envisioned as a fiery place of punishment, though the fire is sometimes seen metaphorically.