LIFE AND DEATH

Question 1

MAGISTERIUM

Answer 1

The teaching authority of the church, exercised by the bishops in communion with the Pope. The magisterium is given grace by the Holy Spirit to faithfully interpret the Scriptures and Tradition.

Question 2

DEATH

Answer 2

The end of a physical life. When the physical body ceases to a point where it can no longer function

Question 3

ETERNAL LIFE

Answer 3

The term used when referring to life in heaven after death. It is also the phrase Jesus uses to describe a state of living as God intends for us to which leads to a life in ‘heaven’.

Question 4

HEAVEN

Answer 4

Those who have accepted God’s grace and forgiveness in this life will enjoy an eternal existence in God’s presence in the next life.

Question 5

HELL

Answer 5

Those who though the exercise of their own fee will ultimately reject God’s grace and forgiveness, will have chosen to live eternally outside of God’s presence. This total lack of God for all eternity is what we call ‘hell’.