1.1.8 Eschatology

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  • Eschatology
    • SOWA
      • Jesus said in Johns Gospel chapter 11 "I am the resurrection and the life", and anyone who believes in him will not die.
      • St Paul said in Corinthians that the resurrection of Jesus was proved by many witnesses and guarantees eternal life for Christians.
      • The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that those who sincerely seek God but are not Catholic may gain eternal life.
      • The Parable of the Sheep and the Goats. Matthew 25
      • Heaven is "beyond human understanding and decription" -CCC.
        • Heaven
          • Is a place or state of being where everything that is not love passes away.
          • Christians who are perfectly purified will go to heaven
          • Those purified in purgatory will go to heaven.
          • Eternal life with God in heaven is the goal for Catholics.
          • God wishes for everyone to go to Heaven.
      • Jesus said on the cross to the repentant criminal, "Today you will be with me in paradise."
        • Heaven
          • Is a place or state of being where everything that is not love passes away.
          • Christians who are perfectly purified will go to heaven
          • Those purified in purgatory will go to heaven.
          • Eternal life with God in heaven is the goal for Catholics.
          • God wishes for everyone to go to Heaven.
      • Parables such as the Rich Man and Lazarus point to an instant judgement when we die.
    • Hell
      • Catholics do not believe hell is a positive punishment created by God to make humans suffer- it is an absence of something.
      • Some wonder how an omnibenevolent God could create a place of eternal punishment.
      • Catholics believe in free-will. People find themselves in Hell because of the choices they have made.
      • Very evil people who have totally rejected God will go to Hell.
    • Purgatory
      • Catholics believe purgatory is a stage of purification before entering heaven.
      • Christians who have dies with unforgiven sins (and possibly members of other religions and non-believers who have lived good lives) will go to purgatory.
      • In purgatory Catholics believe they will see mow much God loves them and they will feel shame, embarrassment and pain when they realise they have resisted his love in their life. The pain will purify them and ***** them of Selfishness and so is purposeful suffering.
    • Judgement
      • Particular Judgement
        • First judgement of a persons life. Asks if the person has lived a life of love, has repented of their sins and tried to follow Jesus' example.
        • After this a person will: Enter Heaven immediately if they die in a state of perfection, Enter Heaven after a period of time spent in Purgatory or be sent to Hell if they were unwilling to love or and are unwilling to recognise sin.
        • Catholics know this happens because the Church teaches that some people are already saints and so must have been judged and found worthy to enter heaven.
        • Parables such as the Rich Man and Lazarus point to an instant judgement when we die.
      • General or Last Judgement
        • Refers to the day of judgement where every earthly body will be resurrected and reunited with their soul, whether they are in Heaven, Hell or Purgatory.
        • People are judged by God. Catholics believe this judgement is final and eternal.
        • Catholics look to parables such as 'the sheep and the goats' to prove their is a last judgement.
      • Other Beliefs
        • Other Christians would argue it makes no sense to have two judgements.
        • Other Christians may argue that we are in a sleep like state until the end of the world where God will judge us all.
        • Some believe we are judged only once as soon as we die. They may believe this because of Saint Paul who teaches that 'to be away from the body is to be with the lord.'

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