Eschatology - Lauren Stewart

Eschatology - Lauren

The Paschal Candle

• The Easter Vigil
• 1) The priest lights a fire
• 2) The priest traces the Alpha and Omega
• 3) Insert the incense
• 4) Says a prayer
• 5) Processes to altar
• Other uses of Paschal candle
• Baptisms
• Funerals

Michelangelo's 'The Last Judgement'

• How does it reflect Catholic beliefs
• Jesus in the center - shows his importance
• Everyone naked except Jesus and Mary - all are equal before God
• People seen rising from graves - all raised up on judgement day
• People going to Hell - Place of darkness, away from God

Memorials for the dead

• Tombstones
• Have R.I.P on them
• Shaped like a cross
• Angel carved on them
• Monuments
• Buried in sarcophagi
• Decorated with symbols of decay
• Remembrance Gardens
• Areas of peace and beauty
• Quiet and reflective

Life after death

• The resurrection
• Jesus will come to judge the whole of creation
• End of current world order
• Reign of God established
• Signalled by cosmic disasters
• St Paul's letter on resurrection
• Compares earthly body to resurrected body
• Like a seed and a plant

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