Death + Afterlife Definitions

Question 1

After life/life after death

Answer 1

Existence in some way after death

Question 2

Immediate life after death

Answer 2

Enter after life straight after death

Question 3

Delayed life after death

Answer 3

Enter after life at end of time, period of nothingness until this point

Question 4

Particular judgement

Answer 4

Don’t enter heaven until final day of judgement

Question 5

Final judgement

Answer 5

Whole nations are judged as well as every person which leads to the conclusion of all creation

Question 6

Embodied life after death

Answer 6

Become some sort of physical body or form when dead

Question 7

Disembodied life after death

Answer 7

Won’t have a physical body or form instead will be a spirit or soul

Question 8

The resurrection of Jesus

Answer 8

When Jesus came back to life after he was crucified

Question 9

Resurrection

Answer 9

Coming back to life after death

Question 10

The road to emmaus

Answer 10

Story showing how Jesus’ resurrected body was different to his earthly body

Question 11

Letter to the Corinthians

Answer 11

Letter from Paul explaining Christianity

Question 12

Psychosomatic principle of unity

Answer 12

You require all parts - e.g soul mind emotion - to be yourself

Question 13

Earthly body

Answer 13

The body we have now (weak, sinful)

Question 14

Resurrected body

Answer 14

Heavenly body that is different to earthly body (immortal,powerful,special)

Question 15

Physical heaven

Answer 15

Heaven is a real/physical place

Question 16

Heaven as a recreation of the pre lapsarian world

Answer 16

At the end of time god will create a physical recreation of the prelapsarian world

Question 17

Spiritual heaven

Answer 17

Involves spirit joining with god - nonphysical

Question 18

Beatific vision

Answer 18

When you die you enter a perpetual state of oneness with god, a state of perfect happiness

Question 19

Hell

Answer 19

A place of evil and suffering where people are punished

Question 20

Physical hell

Answer 20

Hell is a physical place of embodied torture and physical pain

Question 21

Spiritual hell

Answer 21

Hell is a spiritual separation from god, pain results in knowledge that you are parted from god for eternity

Question 22

Purgatory

Answer 22

A place of cleansing before before heaven (soul)

Question 23

Purposive punishment

Answer 23

Punishment/torture that has an aim to improve people

Question 24

Judgement

Answer 24

The way god will determine who goes to heaven or hell

Question 25

Parable of sheep and goats

Answer 25

Story where Jesus addresses life after death

Question 26

Salvation by merit

Answer 26

Achieving salvation by own actions

Question 27

Election

Answer 27

God choosing a particular person or group of people to go to heaven

Question 28

Predestination

Answer 28

The idea that if we are going to heaven or hell is already decided before we are born

Question 29

Limited election

Answer 29

Only a select few- the elect- will achieve salvation

Question 30

Extra ecclesiam nulla salus

Answer 30

Outside the church, no salvation

Question 31

Sovereignty of god

Answer 31

God is absolute control over everything that happens, nothing can happen beyond his control or outside his knowledge

Question 32

Unlimited election

Answer 32

Salvation is open to everyone but only a small few will achieve it

Question 33

Universalism/universal election

Answer 33

Everyone will eventually be saved

Question 34

Pluralism

Answer 34

All religions are equally true, or one can be true for some and another for others