Death + Afterlife Definitions Flashcards
After life/life after death
Existence in some way after death
Immediate life after death
Enter after life straight after death
Delayed life after death
Enter after life at end of time, period of nothingness until this point
Particular judgement
Don’t enter heaven until final day of judgement
Final judgement
Whole nations are judged as well as every person which leads to the conclusion of all creation
Embodied life after death
Become some sort of physical body or form when dead
Disembodied life after death
Won’t have a physical body or form instead will be a spirit or soul
The resurrection of Jesus
When Jesus came back to life after he was crucified
Resurrection
Coming back to life after death
The road to emmaus
Story showing how Jesus’ resurrected body was different to his earthly body
Letter to the Corinthians
Letter from Paul explaining Christianity
Psychosomatic principle of unity
You require all parts - e.g soul mind emotion - to be yourself
Earthly body
The body we have now (weak, sinful)
Resurrected body
Heavenly body that is different to earthly body (immortal,powerful,special)
Physical heaven
Heaven is a real/physical place
Heaven as a recreation of the pre lapsarian world
At the end of time god will create a physical recreation of the prelapsarian world
Spiritual heaven
Involves spirit joining with god - nonphysical
Beatific vision
When you die you enter a perpetual state of oneness with god, a state of perfect happiness
Hell
A place of evil and suffering where people are punished
Physical hell
Hell is a physical place of embodied torture and physical pain
Spiritual hell
Hell is a spiritual separation from god, pain results in knowledge that you are parted from god for eternity
Purgatory
A place of cleansing before before heaven (soul)
Purposive punishment
Punishment/torture that has an aim to improve people
Judgement
The way god will determine who goes to heaven or hell
Parable of sheep and goats
Story where Jesus addresses life after death
Salvation by merit
Achieving salvation by own actions
Election
God choosing a particular person or group of people to go to heaven
Predestination
The idea that if we are going to heaven or hell is already decided before we are born
Limited election
Only a select few- the elect- will achieve salvation
Extra ecclesiam nulla salus
Outside the church, no salvation
Sovereignty of god
God is absolute control over everything that happens, nothing can happen beyond his control or outside his knowledge
Unlimited election
Salvation is open to everyone but only a small few will achieve it
Universalism/universal election
Everyone will eventually be saved
Pluralism
All religions are equally true, or one can be true for some and another for others
