Death and the Afterlife Flashcards
What is on the specification?
Heavan
Hell
Purgatory
Election
What is eschatology?
Studies around the ‘last things’
e.g second coming of Jesus (parousia)
What is the Christian belief of the soul?
Soul is capable of surviving the physical death of a body.
In terms of resurrection and reincarnation what do Christian believe?
They reject reincarnation and the believe that there will be a renewal of the body in the afterlife that’s why there typically buried rather than cremated
Why do Christians believe in resurrection?
JESUS, his death after three days it was found that his tomb was empty (important belief) and then he came back this highlights his resurrection.
What are the issues with the resurrection of Jesus?
Mary Magdalene was unable to recognize Jesus which raises questions on will the renewed body be a different one from the earthly one
What kind of body does St Paul refer too when explaining how we will be reserrected.?
Spiritual
What are St Pauls two examples of the body?
The house vs Tent
The Adam and Eve sin
Who made the concept of the Beatific Vision that’s heavily influence by Aristotle?
Aquinas
What is the Beatific vision?
-Face to face with God
-There will be no passage of time in heaven so it cannot be boring
-soul survive death and accomplishes purpose
What is the Parousia?
Second coming of Jesus it was believed it would come in early Christians lifetime.
What kind of View to Greeks take?
Plato dualist view of disembodies existence.
Which poet influence the views of the afterlife in the Middle Ages?
Dante ‘Divine Comedy’
What was the Divine comedy about?
-Nine levels of hell each suffering correlating with the sin committed.
-Medieval churches were the most powerful force used to threaten people.
Which people does Dante refer too in his poem?
Judas Iscariot
Brutus and Cassius
