Death & The Afterlife (1.2) Flashcards
After life / Life after death
The existence of a life after death in some way
Immediate life after death
When we die we will immediately be sent to our after life.
Delayed life after death
When we die we will wait until Jesus will judge us all together
Particular judgement
Getting judged on our individual acts
Final judgment
We are all judged together
Embodied life after death
We will have some kind of physical form when we die (bodily sensations)
Disembodied life after death
We will not have a physical body either spiritual or soul
The Resurrection of Jesus
The second coming of Jesus after he died on the cross - came as physical so embodied after life
Resurrection
Coming back to life in some way like Jesus
The Road to Emmaus
His disciples don’t recognise him and tell him about Jesus. Highlights that it may be a physical body but in a way that we do not know.
Letter to the Corinthians
Writings from St Paul about the afterlife
Psychosomatic principle of unity
The belief our soul, body, mind are all dimensions of one being
Physical heaven
A heaven where we will have a body and will be able to move
Heaven as a recreation of the Pre-Lapsarian world
The idea heaven will be like the world before Adam and Eve
Spiritual Heaven
A heaven which is not physical may just be with God
Beatific vision
Upon death we become a perpetual state of one God
Hell
a place where we will be punished for eternity in some way
Physical Hell
Actual pain, ‘Fire blood and anguish’
Spiritual hell
An existence away from God forever
Purgatory
A place where we will wait to atone for sins before entering heaven
Purposive punishment
Punishment to remove action to redeem yourself however hell cannot do this as it is eternal
Judgement
We will be judged for our lives on earth and that will determine our futures in the afterlife
Parable of the sheep & goat
Parable about doing good things for no reward - going out your way to help
Salvation by merit
We will be rewarded with heaven depending on our earthly actions
