Why do Christians believe about life after death?
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- Created on: 28-09-14 11:42
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- Why do Christians believe about life after death?
- The resurrection of the body occurs at the end of time when Jesus returns.
- Many Christians would argue that although the body dies, the soul is immediately united with God.
- Luke: The story of the thief on the cross. Jesus promised that the thief would be with him in paradise that day.
- Catholic Beliefs
- Most souls go to purgatory where they experience punishment or purification in order to prepare them for the beatific vision.
- Beatific vision: The immediate sight and vision of God in heaven.
- Purgatory: A state or place where souls are purged or purified before entering heaven.
- As Aquinas believed that a person is a composite of both body and soul,
- Most souls go to purgatory where they experience punishment or purification in order to prepare them for the beatific vision.
- Protestant beliefs
- More varied then Catholic beliefs.
- Some thinkers interpret the resurrection as a spiritual event that involves the soul going to God but does not require a physical body.
- Tend to envisage a heaven that is more like a community where people meet and recognise one another.
- Some thinkers argue that a resurrection body is present from a present body.
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