Afterline Keywords Flashcards
Kingdom of god
A varied christian term that has often been used to refer to heaven,God’s rule, judgement and eschatological events.
Parodias
Greek word meaning ‘arrival ‘ and used to refer to the anticipation of christs returning to earth
Empyrean
The highest part of heaven, where god rules, in Dante’s paradise
Beautific vision
The moment when a person directly communicates with and fully understands god. Often thought to be the moment of salvation for a human being.
Theosis
The process where by a human being becomes divine and united with god
Eschatology
Theological teaching and doctrine associated with death,judgement, and the afterlife
Parable of sheep and goats
A parable in the gospel of Matthew widely interpreted to be jesus teaching on the correct moral life and gods judgement of humanity
What is the second coming ?
A belief that Christ will one day return to earth
Particular judgement
The individual jeudgement by god a person undergoes immediately after death
General judgement
The judgement of all humanity that will occur on the day of christs and gods return to earth
Millenarianism
A belief in some Christian groups that there will be a future transformative thousand year age of the kingdom of god before or after Christs return to earth
Preterism
A theological view that the prophecies of revelation have all partly already come true
The divine comedy
An epic, allegorical poem by Dante Alighieri about his travels through hell, purgatory and heaven before finally meeting God
Recidivism
The tendency for someone to recommit a sin or crime
Apostasy
The renunciation of or leaving from a religion or set of beliefs
Sheol
The Hebrew word for hades and sometimes translated as ‘hell’ in the bible
In 2 Corinthians 5:1-2 what does Paul compare heaven to
Compares the earthly tent of the world humans live in to the ‘building from God…eternal in the heavens’
What is the beautific vision
The final end in which a human being attains a vision of God and heaven
What does revelation 22:5 say bout heaven being a spiritual state
Speaks of those in heaven as not needing ‘light or sun’ , implying that physical conditions are irrevelant to those in Gods presence
What does Pope John Paul II describe heaven as
Not being a ‘physical place in the clouds’
Tying it instead to one’s relationship and meting with the trinity after one’s death
What does aquinas describe the beautific vision as
A timeless experience of God where one acheivwes full knowledge,understanding and union with God himself
Inaugurated eschatology
Part of the coming of the kingdom of God was instigated in his ministry and death
Realised eschatology
In which messianic expectations about Jesus and ideas about the second coming are insignificantes compared to Jesus moral teachings and example
In Luke 21:32 what does Jesus say about the second coming ?
‘Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place’
what does Matthew 24:36 say about not knowing when jesus will come back ?
‘But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only’
what happens in the parable of the rich man and lazarus
indicated that both charcters wull be jusdged and receive their rewards or punshiments immediately after detahw
what happens in the Divine Comedy , Paradiso ?
Dante
9 concentric spheres that he journeys through
what are the key points of parable of sheep and goats ?
those who are rightous are not those who have simply been religioulsy observanr , but those who have been charitable and helped the opressed.
what does the old testament describe hell as ?
SHEOL
what does hades mean
abode of the dead , where souls await judgement and resurrection
what does parable of sheep and goats describe hell as
‘eternal fire’
what are some issues with hell ?
How can a good and loving God, caring about the salbvation of humanity create a place purely dedicated to the torment of others ?
what is dantes conception of purgatory ?
in Book 2 of the divine comedy (purgatorio)
mountain in which the souls of those who only half - heartedly committed themselves to God and humanity ascended towards heaven and the beautific vision
what is limited election
god only chooses some people to be saved, everyone else is destined for perdition
unlimited election
god grants all human beings the possibility of reaching heaven
what is unconditional election
God determined of his pwn will some people would recieve salvation before the creation of the world , leaving others to fall into sin and perdition
what is conditional election
god determines who will recieve salvation based on whether they foreseeably have faith in christ
what does alister mcgrath say about election and predestination ?
‘often regarded as one of the most enigmatic and puzzling aspects fo christian theology ‘
what is single predestination ?
god elects only those whom he ordains to enter heaven and eternal life
what is double predestination ?
god elects only those who he ordains to heaven and eternal life and also decrees that the retrobate or sinners are destined for hell
antelapsarian decree
God decreed who were the elect at the moment of creation before the fall
postlapsarian decree
god decreed who were the elect after the fall
what is universalism
hell is not eternal and that th eschatological goal of the cosmos is perfection and restoration of the world to its pre-fall state
