Afterline Keywords Flashcards

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Kingdom of god

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A varied christian term that has often been used to refer to heaven,God’s rule, judgement and eschatological events.

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Parodias

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Greek word meaning ‘arrival ‘ and used to refer to the anticipation of christs returning to earth

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Empyrean

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The highest part of heaven, where god rules, in Dante’s paradise

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Beautific vision

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The moment when a person directly communicates with and fully understands god. Often thought to be the moment of salvation for a human being.

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Theosis

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The process where by a human being becomes divine and united with god

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Eschatology

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Theological teaching and doctrine associated with death,judgement, and the afterlife

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Parable of sheep and goats

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A parable in the gospel of Matthew widely interpreted to be jesus teaching on the correct moral life and gods judgement of humanity

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What is the second coming ?

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A belief that Christ will one day return to earth

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Particular judgement

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The individual jeudgement by god a person undergoes immediately after death

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General judgement

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The judgement of all humanity that will occur on the day of christs and gods return to earth

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Millenarianism

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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

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Preterism

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A theological view that the prophecies of revelation have all partly already come true

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The divine comedy

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An epic, allegorical poem by Dante Alighieri about his travels through hell, purgatory and heaven before finally meeting God

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Recidivism

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The tendency for someone to recommit a sin or crime

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Apostasy

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The renunciation of or leaving from a religion or set of beliefs

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Sheol

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The Hebrew word for hades and sometimes translated as ‘hell’ in the bible

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In 2 Corinthians 5:1-2 what does Paul compare heaven to

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Compares the earthly tent of the world humans live in to the ‘building from God…eternal in the heavens’

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What is the beautific vision

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The final end in which a human being attains a vision of God and heaven

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What does revelation 22:5 say bout heaven being a spiritual state

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Speaks of those in heaven as not needing ‘light or sun’ , implying that physical conditions are irrevelant to those in Gods presence

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What does Pope John Paul II describe heaven as

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Not being a ‘physical place in the clouds’
Tying it instead to one’s relationship and meting with the trinity after one’s death

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What does aquinas describe the beautific vision as

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A timeless experience of God where one acheivwes full knowledge,understanding and union with God himself

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Inaugurated eschatology

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Part of the coming of the kingdom of God was instigated in his ministry and death

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Realised eschatology

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In which messianic expectations about Jesus and ideas about the second coming are insignificantes compared to Jesus moral teachings and example

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In Luke 21:32 what does Jesus say about the second coming ?

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‘Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place’

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what does Matthew 24:36 say about not knowing when jesus will come back ?

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‘But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only’

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what happens in the parable of the rich man and lazarus

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indicated that both charcters wull be jusdged and receive their rewards or punshiments immediately after detahw

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what happens in the Divine Comedy , Paradiso ?

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Dante
9 concentric spheres that he journeys through

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what are the key points of parable of sheep and goats ?

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those who are rightous are not those who have simply been religioulsy observanr , but those who have been charitable and helped the opressed.

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what does the old testament describe hell as ?

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SHEOL

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what does hades mean

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abode of the dead , where souls await judgement and resurrection

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what does parable of sheep and goats describe hell as

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‘eternal fire’

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what are some issues with hell ?

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How can a good and loving God, caring about the salbvation of humanity create a place purely dedicated to the torment of others ?

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what is dantes conception of purgatory ?

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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

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what is limited election

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god only chooses some people to be saved, everyone else is destined for perdition

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unlimited election

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god grants all human beings the possibility of reaching heaven

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what is unconditional election

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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

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what is conditional election

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god determines who will recieve salvation based on whether they foreseeably have faith in christ

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what does alister mcgrath say about election and predestination ?

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‘often regarded as one of the most enigmatic and puzzling aspects fo christian theology ‘

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what is single predestination ?

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god elects only those whom he ordains to enter heaven and eternal life

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what is double predestination ?

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god elects only those who he ordains to heaven and eternal life and also decrees that the retrobate or sinners are destined for hell

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antelapsarian decree

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God decreed who were the elect at the moment of creation before the fall

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postlapsarian decree

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god decreed who were the elect after the fall

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what is universalism

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hell is not eternal and that th eschatological goal of the cosmos is perfection and restoration of the world to its pre-fall state

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