Death and the afterlife
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- Death and the afterlife
- Jesus' death and resurrection did not mark the end of the world but the foundation of Christianity
- Reasons of death
- Sacrifice for sin
- Prompt god to create a new world order
- He and his followers would have a place in heaven
- Reasons of death
- Ambiguity
- Jesus' teaching was eschatological (reviewed fully after death)
- Parousia
- Jesus' second coming (found in the book of revelation
- KINGDOM OF GOD
- Interpretations
- actual place
- Symbol of moral life
- Redeemed state
- The righteous will live in harmony with God
- Resurrection provides a glimpse of the future
- Will allow the wicked to be excluded
- Untitled
- PROBLEMS
- Jesus hasn't returned- yet
- Where will the new kingdom be located
- Final judgement seems to be less important
- Purgatory provides a chance for those who haven't prepared for final judgement
- Isn't explored in detail
- Interpretations
- Parable of the sheep and the goats
- Sheep were held at more value
- You cannot just be religiously observant, you must take action
- Not necessarily Christians who are rewarded
- Good work reflects Jesus' ministry e.g poor, needy
- DEVELOPMENTS
- Are heaven and hell eternal?
- Is heaven a new perfect world?
- Is purgatory a transitional stage?
- Is God's judgement personal or final?
- HELL
- Dante
- NIne circles of Hell
- The ninth circle being occupied by Lucifer and traitors such as Judas
- NIne circles of Hell
- Symbol of alienation
- Some reject Hell being a physical place but as alienation from God
- Jean Paul Sartre
- Described Hell as 'other people'
- Doesn't believe in Christianity but came up with famous meaning of hell
- Paul Tillich
- Hell- to be alienated from God means you lead a life with no purpose and no pleasure
- Jean Paul Sartre
- Some reject Hell being a physical place but as alienation from God
- Separation and purgatory
- Catholicsm
- Mortal sin is punishable by the 'eternal separation from God'
- Not actively chosen by God
- Purgatory is taken to be an intermediate state
- Place where soul can be cleansed of some sins
- REJECTION
- John Hick
- Purgatory is part of the journey which begins on earth and ends when united with God
- John Hick
- REJECTION
- Place where soul can be cleansed of some sins
- Mortal sin is punishable by the 'eternal separation from God'
- Catholicsm
- Dante
- Separation and purgatory
- Catholicsm
- Mortal sin is punishable by the 'eternal separation from God'
- Not actively chosen by God
- Purgatory is taken to be an intermediate state
- Place where soul can be cleansed of some sins
- REJECTION
- John Hick
- Purgatory is part of the journey which begins on earth and ends when united with God
- John Hick
- REJECTION
- Place where soul can be cleansed of some sins
- Mortal sin is punishable by the 'eternal separation from God'
- Catholicsm
- HEAVEN
- Dante
- !0 heavens
- Description is beyond human reach
- Catholicism- beautific vision, perfect place
- Rejection
- Dante
- !0 heavens
- Description is beyond human reach
- Catholicism- beautific vision, perfect place
- Rejection
- Rejection
- !0 heavens
- Dante
- Rejection
- !0 heavens
- Election
- Limited
- The reward of heaven has been chosen by God for the righteous
- Unlimited
- A loving God allows all to receive salvation
- Predestination
- St Augustine
- Despite calling all people to salvation, only some are eligible
- The rest are predestined to perdition
- Single
- God decides who gets into heaven
- Double
- God decides AND decrees that sinners are destined for Hell
- Divine decree
- God decides who gets into heaven
- Who enters heaven prior to and after the Fall
- Divine decree
- God decides AND decrees that sinners are destined for Hell
- John calvin (Calvinism)
- HUmans cannot know what God intends
- God has mercy for all people, and christians have a duty to preach them all
- HUmans cannot know what God intends
- Thomas Aquinas and Catholicism
- Catholic teaches single predestination
- The wicked selected them self by committing mortal sins
- Catholic teaches single predestination
- Despite calling all people to salvation, only some are eligible
- St Augustine
- Limited
- Dante
- UNIVERSALISM
- Goal is to restore the world to it's pre fall state
- God's love requires all humans to achieve salvation
- Allows people with differing belief systems to reconcile themselves with God
- JOHN HICK
- God's love requires all humans to achieve salvation
- Goal is to restore the world to it's pre fall state
- Against
- Karl Barth
- God acts freely
- Seen in Jesus
- Elector- redeeming all humantiy
- Untitled
- Seen in Jesus
- God acts freely
- Karl Barth
- JOHN HICK
- Jesus' death and resurrection did not mark the end of the world but the foundation of Christianity
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