Death And The Afterlife

Question 1

Define parousia + its role

Answer 1

The second coming of christ

Role: To judge the world and select those to enter paradise

Question 2

What was the significance of the book of revelation

Answer 2

Written by john the divine

Talks about heaven, hell and the end of time

Question 3

What are the three possible interpretations of the kingdom of god

Answer 3

1. An actual place
2. A spiritual state
3. A symbol of the moral life

Question 4

How does the book of revelation describe hell

Answer 4

A lake of fire

Question 5

What is Gehenna

Answer 5

A place of torment and suffering for the wicked —> originated from jewish thought

Question 6

What was the message behind The rich man and Lazarus as told by jesus

Answer 6

Challenges the common beleif that being rich on earth was a sign of gods blessing

Question 7

What was the social significance of the parable of the sheep and the goat

Answer 7

Changed public perception that being religiously observant was enough to reach heaven
—> must be those who pursue justice without thought (not necessarily christians)

Question 8

Who said hell is a spiritual state

Answer 8

Origen —> Hell is a spiritual state where “each sinner kindles his own fire”

Question 9

What was the name of Dantes Book + quote on hell

Answer 9

Divine comedy
—> abandon every hope, ye who enter

Question 10

What was hell according to Dante (3)

Answer 10

1. The antithesis to heaven
2. Created at the moment of Jesus death
3. Every sin is matched with an appropriate punishment

Question 11

Redemption in Dante’s Hell?

Answer 11

No escape or redemption from Hell
—> all have alienated themselves from Gods Love

Question 12

Sartre on Hell + play name

Answer 12

Hell is the imprisoned human state

Play: Huis Clos
—> people tormented each other with the others failings

Question 13

Catholic church on Hell

Answer 13

Hell is a place for those who have committed mortal sin

Question 14

Define mortal sin

Answer 14

Sin which directly goes against gods law
(Refusing gods love)

Question 15

Gregory of Nyssa on purgatory + hell

Answer 15

Purgatory serves a purifying purpose so that people can be cleansed of their sins before heaven

Hell: relates to conscience, guilt and knowledge of sin

Question 16

Purgatory for Dante

Answer 16

For Souls that believe in christ and have repented before death

Question 17

Define limited election + atonement

Answer 17

Salvation is only given to those who god chooses to be righteous

—> limited atonement: christ died only for the sins of the elect

Question 18

Define Unlimited election

Answer 18

The god of love calls all people to salvation- heaven possible for all

Unlimited atonement: Jesus died for the sins of the whole world

Question 19

Who developed the idea of predestination

Answer 19

Augustine
—> even faith in Christ’s redemption was insufficient to overcome sin and concupiscence

Question 20

What is the divine decree

Answer 20

Gods judgement or ruling

Question 21

Single predestination

Answer 21

God elects only those who are to enter heaven

Question 22

Double predestination

Answer 22

God elects chooses who goes to heaven and hell

Question 23

What is the antelapsarian + postlapsarian decree

Answer 23

Antelapsarian: God decreed who were the elect ay the moment of creation before the fall

Postlapsarian: god deemed who were the elect after the fall

Question 24

What is universalism

Answer 24

Idea that hell is not eternal - the goal of the cosmos is perfection and restoration of the world to its pre-fallen state

Question 25

Hick on hell

Answer 25

There is no point in punishing someone eternally