Death and the Afterlife Flashcards
After life
Where you go after death
Immediate life after death
Judgement after death is immediate
Delayed life after death
Judgement after death is at the end of time
Particular judgement
Judged as an individual at the end of your life
Final judgement
Everyone is judged at the end of time OR humanity is judged collectively - less common belief
Embodied life after death
Having a physical body in the after life
Disembodied life after death
Non-physical body in the after life
The resurrection of Jesus
Jesus’ body was resurrected after death
Resurrection
Coming back to life after death
The road to Emmaus
Disciples do not recognise Jesus after he was resurrected
Letter to the Corinthians
Paul’s letter about the resurrected body
Psychosomatic principle of unity
Everything you are is what makes you you
Earthly body
Your body on earth
Resurrected body
Your body after death
Physical heaven
Heaven is a physical place
Heaven as recreation of the pre-lapsarian world
Heaven is a the world as it was during the pre-lapsarian world- perfect and harmonious
Spiritual heaven
Heaven is a spiritual experience
Beatific vision
Heaven is the eternal awareness of only God - Aquinas’ belief
Hell
Place of punishment after death
Physical hell
Physically, bodily pain
Spiritual hell
Separation from God
Purposive punishment
Punishment with the purpose to redeem oneself
Judgement
God will judge you at the end of your life
Parable of the sheep and goats
Story of how God will seperate people to heaven and hell at the end of time - final judgement
Salivation by merit
Being saved by doing good things
Election
Who God choose to go to heaven
Predestination
God has already decided who will go to heaven
Limited election
Only some will go to heaven
Extra Eccelesiam Nulla Salus
‘Outside the church, no salvation’
Sovereignty of God
God is in complete control
Unlimited election
Anyone has the opportunity to go to heaven
Universalism
Everyone goes to heaven
Pluralism
All religions are valid and equal paths to God
