Death And After Life Flashcards
Where in the Bible was the parable of he sheep and the goats
Matthew 25: 31-46
4 quotes to use from sheep parable
All the nations will be gathered
Take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world
Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life
Truly I tell you, what we you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me
2 points that aren’t quotes but are important from parable
The nations will be separated - sheep and goats separated
People who have helped poor, strangers etc are invited to heaven
What is Aquinas view of heaven
He saw heaven as a beatific vision - eternal happiness
We can use reason to reach this
View held by catholics
3 points the bible says about heaven
Place where those who have worked for righteousness are
A place where people like Abraham and Angels are
A leave W there is no hunger or sadness
Did Protestant churches see heaven as everlasting or eternal
EVERLASTING
Other views if heaven
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It is a natural continuation of our spiritual journey after death
Not a place but a state as our bodies are not needed
NT Wright - not another world but a future state of the world
Parousia - christ will come again and creation will be transformed
It is but a symbol of a persons spiritual life
What does the New Testament say about hell
It is a physical place you can’t escape
What does the Roman Catholic Church think of hell
It is an actual place
Main punishment is alienation from God
You go there because you have died in a state of mortal sin
Purpose is to guide people to use free will properly
What does the Revelation say about hell
It present it as a ‘ burning lake of fiery sulphur’
Quote for what the catholic church thinks of hell
Catechism of Catholic Church 1035
Immediately after death the souls of those who died in a state of mortal sin descend into hell, where they suffer the punishments of hell eternal fire
Idea of hell as a spirtual state
Alienation from God
No need for punishment by fire, alienation is much worse
Biblical and medical images are simply products of their time
Relevant theological to hell as spiritual state
Paul Tillich
Understood hell as a metaphor of physiological alienation
