Afterline Keywords

Question 1

Kingdom of god

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A varied christian term that has often been used to refer to heaven,God’s rule, judgement and eschatological events.

Question 2

Parodias

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Greek word meaning ‘arrival ‘ and used to refer to the anticipation of christs returning to earth

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Empyrean

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The highest part of heaven, where god rules, in Dante’s paradise

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Beautific vision

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The moment when a person directly communicates with and fully understands god. Often thought to be the moment of salvation for a human being.

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Theosis

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The process where by a human being becomes divine and united with god

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Eschatology

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Theological teaching and doctrine associated with death,judgement, and the afterlife

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Parable of sheep and goats

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A parable in the gospel of Matthew widely interpreted to be jesus teaching on the correct moral life and gods judgement of humanity

Question 8

What is the second coming ?

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A belief that Christ will one day return to earth

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Particular judgement

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The individual jeudgement by god a person undergoes immediately after death

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General judgement

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The judgement of all humanity that will occur on the day of christs and gods return to earth

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Millenarianism

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A belief in some Christian groups that there will be a future transformative thousand year age of the kingdom of god before or after Christs return to earth

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Preterism

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A theological view that the prophecies of revelation have all partly already come true

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The divine comedy

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An epic, allegorical poem by Dante Alighieri about his travels through hell, purgatory and heaven before finally meeting God

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Recidivism

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The tendency for someone to recommit a sin or crime

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Apostasy

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The renunciation of or leaving from a religion or set of beliefs

Question 16

Sheol

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The Hebrew word for hades and sometimes translated as ‘hell’ in the bible

Question 17

In 2 Corinthians 5:1-2 what does Paul compare heaven to

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Compares the earthly tent of the world humans live in to the ‘building from God…eternal in the heavens’

Question 18

What is the beautific vision

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The final end in which a human being attains a vision of God and heaven

Question 19

What does revelation 22:5 say bout heaven being a spiritual state

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Speaks of those in heaven as not needing ‘light or sun’ , implying that physical conditions are irrevelant to those in Gods presence

Question 20

What does Pope John Paul II describe heaven as

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Not being a ‘physical place in the clouds’
Tying it instead to one’s relationship and meting with the trinity after one’s death

Question 21

What does aquinas describe the beautific vision as

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A timeless experience of God where one acheivwes full knowledge,understanding and union with God himself

Question 22

Inaugurated eschatology

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Part of the coming of the kingdom of God was instigated in his ministry and death

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Realised eschatology

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In which messianic expectations about Jesus and ideas about the second coming are insignificantes compared to Jesus moral teachings and example

Question 24

In Luke 21:32 what does Jesus say about the second coming ?

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‘Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all has taken place’

Question 25

what does Matthew 24:36 say about not knowing when jesus will come back ?

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'But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only'

Question 26

what happens in the parable of the rich man and lazarus

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indicated that both charcters wull be jusdged and receive their rewards or punshiments immediately after detahw

Question 27

what happens in the Divine Comedy , Paradiso ?

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Dante 9 concentric spheres that he journeys through

Question 28

what are the key points of parable of sheep and goats ?

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those who are rightous are not those who have simply been religioulsy observanr , but those who have been charitable and helped the opressed.

Question 29

what does the old testament describe hell as ?

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SHEOL

Question 30

what does hades mean

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abode of the dead , where souls await judgement and resurrection

Question 31

what does parable of sheep and goats describe hell as

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'eternal fire'

Question 32

what are some issues with hell ?

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How can a good and loving God, caring about the salbvation of humanity create a place purely dedicated to the torment of others ?

Question 33

what is dantes conception of purgatory ?

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in Book 2 of the divine comedy (purgatorio) mountain in which the souls of those who only half - heartedly committed themselves to God and humanity ascended towards heaven and the beautific vision

Question 34

what is limited election

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god only chooses some people to be saved, everyone else is destined for perdition

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unlimited election

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god grants all human beings the possibility of reaching heaven

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what is unconditional election

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God determined of his pwn will some people would recieve salvation before the creation of the world , leaving others to fall into sin and perdition

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what is conditional election

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god determines who will recieve salvation based on whether they foreseeably have faith in christ

Question 38

what does alister mcgrath say about election and predestination ?

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'often regarded as one of the most enigmatic and puzzling aspects fo christian theology '

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what is single predestination ?

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god elects only those whom he ordains to enter heaven and eternal life

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what is double predestination ?

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god elects only those who he ordains to heaven and eternal life and also decrees that the retrobate or sinners are destined for hell

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antelapsarian decree

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God decreed who were the elect at the moment of creation before the fall

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postlapsarian decree

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god decreed who were the elect after the fall

Question 43

what is universalism

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hell is not eternal and that th eschatological goal of the cosmos is perfection and restoration of the world to its pre-fall state