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self, death and afterlife Flashcards

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The meaning and purpose of life

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  • To glorify God and have a personal relationship with him
  • To prepare for judgement
  • To bring about God’s Kingdom on earth
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What does it mean to glorify God?

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To mirror His image and to acknowledge and honour his greatness

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What does glory refer to?

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The infinite beauty and splendour of God

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Heaven can be seen as a reward for…

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good behaviour, which links to the idea of justification by works

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Justification by works

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The belief that a person becomes just before God by the performance of good works

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The ______ substantiates the idea of bringing about God’s Kingdom on earth

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YouCat

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What is the YouCat?

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The Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church

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What do Christians mean when they say “Thy kingdom come”?

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To invite God’s will into the world and ti be open to what God wants for your life

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Forms refers to…

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Plato’s theory that everything in the physical universe is a particular and imperfect instance of a perfect idea in the metaphysical world of Forms

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Reincarnation is the belief that…

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at death, the soul is separated from the body and is ‘re-enfleshed’ into another body

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Dualistic in relation to the concept of the soul means…

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that the soul is thought of as a totally separate entity from the body, from which it separates at birth

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Why was/is belief in the resurrection of Jesus a central tenet of the Christian faith?

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  • It forms the basis of the Christian hope of life after death
  • Paul expressed memorably the sheer pointlessness of life and faith if the resurrection of Jesus is a fiction (1 Corinthians 15:17-19)
  • All four gospels state that the tomb was empty
  • It was a unique event
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Resurrection of the flesh according to the writings of Augustine

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Jesus’ resurrection and ascension were physical. Augustine believed that the physical body will be restored and transformed to live eternally in communion with God

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Augustine’s thinking about resurrection of the flesh can be seen in…

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the Catholic Church’s teaching about resurrection

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Youcat 153 resurrection of the flesh quote

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“At the end of the world he does not drop the ‘flesh’ like an old toy”

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Spiritual resurrection

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  • The belief that after death, the body decomposes in a grave or is destroyed by cremation
  • They believe that the soul survives death and lives on with God
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What analogy may be used to explain the idea of spiritual resurrection?

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The analogy of the life cycle of a butterfly:
The various stages of the life cycle are physically totally different, yet the essential identity is the same

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What did Paul teach about the nature of the resurrected body?

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Paul taught that the resurrected body would be imperishable, glorious, powerful and spiritual. It would be transformed from its earthly state to a glorious and incorruptible form, conforming to the likeness of Christ’s resurrected body

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1 Corinthians 15:42-44, 50-54

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“flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God”

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Particular judgement refers to the idea held by some that…

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judgement occurs immediately after death

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General judgement refers to…

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the final judgement believed by some to occur at the end of time

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Mortal sins are…

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very serious sins, e.g. murder, that will result in eternal separation from God if those who commit them do not seek God’s forgiveness

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Venial sins are…

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less serious sins that do not lead to eternal separation from God

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Purgatory

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The mainly Catholic idea of the intermediate state after death in which those destined for heaven are purified of venial sin to make them fit for heaven

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What are the different interpretations of judgement, heaven, hell and purgatory

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  • Judgement, heaven, hell and purgatory as physical
  • Judgement, heaven, hell and purgatory as spiritual
  • Judgement, heaven, hell and purgatory as psychological realities
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Judgement, heaven, hell and purgatory as spiritual quote

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“Heaven is the endless moment of love” (Youcat 158)

“Hell is the absolute absence of love” (Youcat 161)

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Judgement, heaven, hell and purgatory as psychological realities

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Some Christians reject any belief in life after death as it lacks empirical evidence. They think in terms of living in such a way to bring heaven on earth

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John Hick’s view of purgatory

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Hick believed in a type of purgatory– after death people could continue existing in a “resurrection” world and continue to have a chance to redeem themselves and become better (soul-making)

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What is John Hick’s view on purgatory part of?

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Hick’s universalism - the view that all people will be saved as an omnibenevolent God would not damn anyone to Hell. Eternal punishment cannot be justified

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Hick’s universalism critique

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The idea ofterrible people like Hitler going to heaven doesn’t seem right to many people

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Hick’s universalism argument can be justified by…

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  • Hume’s reasoning that sending someone to Hell cannot ever be justice since as a punishment it is always disproportionate
  • Hume argues it cannot be justice for God to give an infinite punishment for a finite crime
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What do most process theologians believe in about life after death?

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objective immorality

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What is objective immorality?

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The belief of process theology that after death, all living things exist for ever in the mind of God

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What do most process theologians reject about life after death?

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subjective immorality

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What is subjective immorality?

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Subjective immorality refers to the belief of most Christians that the thinking self continues as the same subject of consciousness

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