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Question 1

Hell

Answer 1

. Hel is the state of being in the absence of God

. Hell is for those who have deliberately rejected God’s love and mercy

. It is seen as a punishment for sin and various unsettling imagery is used to describe this

Question 2

Purgatory

Answer 2

. Purgatory is seen as the cleansing or purification of the soul in order to make the person ready and fit for heaven

. The pain brought with the realization of their sins will purify them to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven

. It is not a person’s final destination, but rather a temporary state

Question 3

Divergent Christian beliefs about Life After Death

Answer 3

. Only Catholics believe in Purgatory
. Non-Catholics claim it has no basis in the Bible and is a manmade teaching by the Church

. Protestants believe the Soul and the Body remain in the grave until the Last Day when the dead will be raised and will be given new, transformed bodies

Question 4

What do many Christians believe about Life After Death

Answer 4

. Many Christians believe that when the body dies, the soul leaves the body to live with God in the spiritual world

. Some Christians reject the idea of hell and believe that there are many times in our lives to learn from our mistakes and progress towards heaven

Question 5

Significance of Life After Death for Catholics today

Answer 5

. Christians believe that what happens when they die is a result on how they have lived their life.
. This means that a Christian will try to live a good life and follow Christian teachings so that when they die they will go to Heaven

. Living a good life means loving God and loving your neighbor as yourself

Question 6

Life After Death and the Parable of the Sheep

Answer 6

. In the parable of the sheep and the goats, Jesus taught that we should feed the hungry, clothe the naked and visit the sick and we will have eternal life

. Some Christians believe that those who die with unforgiving sins will go to hell
. This means that a Christian should do all that they can to avoid committing sins so that they will go to heaven when they die

Question 7

Divergent attitudes to the Sacraments

Answer 7

. Catholics and Orthodox Church recognize the 7 sacraments
. Almost all the others recognize only 2. This is because they believe that it is clear in the Bible that Jesus only instituted Baptism and the Eucharist

. Baptists do not even use the word Sacrament because they believe that reituals are an expression of faith, rather than a communication of God’s grace