Life after death Flashcards
Who is St.Paul
A devout christian after a religious experience in which he was blinded and heard the voice of Jesus. Went on to write a lot of early christian writings.
What did St.Paul believe about life after death?
The body is meant to be resurrected, it flourishes most when it is in heaven- we go to heaven imperishable. The body cannot be hurt once in heaven. That is humanity’s purpose.
Quote to support St.paul’s view on LOD
‘the body is sown perishable…it is raised imperishable’
Did St.Paul believe in a embodied or disembodied view of heaven?
He believed that one goes to heaven EMBODIED not disembodied as it is both physical and mental/ soul and body.
What did Thomas Aquinas believe about LOD
Aquinas believed in beautific vision, meaning that humanity is rewarded with knowledge of God after death as they come face to face with him in the afterlife, all doubt is gone. This is rewarded to those who have shown faith in God and Jesus. This view is one of unlimited election.
What did Aquinas believe about human souls?
Aquinas believed that all living creatures have souls and that those souls have essential characteristics (much like aristolte believed). Humans are special and have ‘rational souls’ as they are capable of reasoning. He believed that the ability of logical thought and reason cannot be phyical but must be capable of existance without a physical body (disembodied view).
What did Aquinas believe about our purpose.
He believed that the soul was able to give purpose as it allows us to have faith in a God. The soul then allows the grant of the final reward- living eternally with God as it means we are capable of holding faith. (Similar to platonic view).
What is the Thomistic view on the body after death?
Our body is spiritual after death- a new body is given you us by God after death, one that is immortal.
What is the Thomistic view on happiness in the mortal life?
He belived that althought we can have happy expeirnces in this life, they cn never be truely perfect as it is often brought about my material situations which are capable of change. Perfect happiness can only be achieved after death as it means living eternally with God.
What was Rudolf Bultman’s view on LOA
Believed that judgement was not a physical event but one that occors inside a person occording to their interpretation of God or how they respond to ‘the call of God’.
What is faith to Rudolf Bultman?
He believes that faith means obedience to God in the presence not focusing on the consequences after death like heaven and hell. That is not as important as faith to God.
What is a symbolic belief of heaven?
Heaven as a symbol of a persons moral life on earth. It is not a place or a state of mind it is just a symbol. This is in line with monism or materialism.
What is a spiritual belief in heaven and a scholar to back this up?
The view that heaven does not exist as a physical place but as a spiritual existance that the soul alone experiences. A scholar to back this up is Aquinas and his belief on the beautific vision.
What is a physical belief in heaven and a scholar to back this up?
The belief that heaven is a real plae that exists physically. Our bodies as well as our souls are able to go to this place due to its physical nature. Hick’s replica theory supports this. He is a materialist and believes that an exact replica of our body is created by God in heaven, one that is immortal and experiences no pain.
What are the two purposes of purgatory?
-To cleanse people morally of their sins
-To act like a prison, to hold people in until they have been educated and have repented their sins.
