Afterlife

Question 1

Augustine’s beliefs about the afterlife.

Answer 1

Limited election
It’s God’s own grace he gets to decide who is saved from Original Sin. Those who continue to sin will be punished in Hell.

Question 2

Calvin’s beliefs about the afterlife.

Answer 2

• Limited election
• We must all act as if we will be saved even though we don’t know who will be saved
• pre-destination
• Jesus died for the elect

Question 3

1 Timothy 2:3-6

Answer 3

“God our saviour, wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a reason for all people.”

Question 4

Matthew 22:14

Answer 4

“For many are called, but few are chosen”

Unlimited Election

Question 5

John 3:16

Answer 5

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”

Question 6

Matthew 25:31-46

Answer 6

The Parable of the Sheep and Goats

“just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me”

Question 7

Hick quotes 1

Answer 7

“The suffering of the damned in hell […] can never lead to any constructive end”