The Last Things Flashcards
What the first two objections to praying to the dead
It is not biblical , Scripture says it is not Biblical
What is the third objection?
Ask Balogen to pray for me. The more people to pray to the better
What are three student cited beliefs to praying to the dead?
The saints are connected with specific causes, professions, relating to a fellow human being to feel a more personal connection, adds varietys to one’s prayer life
What is the fourth objection?
By praying to the saints, you are committing idolatry because you are ascribing god like power to someone other than God
What two things are we actually doing?
We are asking them to pray for us, we are praying with them
What is objection 5?
We worship the saints, which is a form of idolatry
What people like to do that may confuse others
Praying in front of a Saints statue. We recognize that they are not God even of our phrases suggest otherwise
Three reasons to venerate the saints
An expression of the communion of saints, a channel of petitions through which the intercessions is entreated, and a means of providing the faithful with examples of virtue to emulate
The no surprises idea
I did not chose hell, you did
The soul understanding
God makes the soul see with all clarity. God communicates this act to the soul, which it can not dispute. By this act, the soul understands in some state its unity or separation from God
How the two Luke passages confirm Particular Judgement
That there is indeed a heaven and hell and that it will be based on actions
Basis of judgement
What you did will get you to heaven or hell
What is a metaphor for hell
Fire and darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth
Why some Christians don’t believe in hell response
Justice passage says that your way of life will determine if you go to hell. Your choice
What is Purgatory
A state of purification from venial sins so that souls achieve the purity necessary to enter the joy of heaven
The three states of the Church are
Church Militant, Church Triumphant, and Church Suffering
Does time and place exist in Purgatory
Going to Purgatory and that we will soon join God
Two descriptions of Purgatory
The removal of all the barriers between ourselves and God’s love
The transformation of all love of self into all love of God
How the George and Susan story connects to us
When we see the greatness of God, this realization hurts us immediately. We realize that we have rejected God
Core belief about Purgatory
Something happens to prepare us to spend all of eternity of god
Three elements of Heaven
The state of everlasting life in which we see God, become like him in glory, and enjoy eternal happiness
Reasons why halos and robes are associated with heaven
Halos represent holiness, robes is what people wore in Jesus’ time, harps come from Rev 5:8, clouds come from the idea that heaven in above Earth
How is Peter portrayed?
As a keeper to the pearly gates, as he is given the keys to heaven and the power to bind and loose by Christ (Matthew)
What is beatific vision?
An insight of the wonder God’s invisible, inner essence
Is there pain in heaven!
Revelation confirms that there will be no tears and that there will be no more death. The human brain must be configured, without painl to recognize God’s justice and eternal damnation
What is aeveternity
Departed souls existed in a state that shares some properties with time and eternity
Will be get bored in heaven?
No because the worship in heaven id far deeper and richer than anything we will experience on Earth
What the passage on Abraham and Elijah tell us about
That Abe is atill alive
Revelation passage on unity
He will dwell with them and the will be his people and God himself will always be with them.”
Philippines passage on the resurrection of the body
Our bodies will be like Jesus’s glorified body
Mystery section
We do not know what is in store for us in heaven but it would be spectacular
Complete happiness
There will be no sadness
