Death And Afterlife Flashcards
(16 cards)
Reincarnation
The soul can leave the body post death and be reporn
Disembodied existence - Plato
Soul and body part and the body dies while the soul lives on
Resurrection
Renewed spiritual body life continues after death
Heaven as a physical place
Heaven is described as being in another physical dimension so has to be described figuratively and as god created heaven it must be a real place
Heaven as spiritual
Spiritual states as you adopt a different state post death so it cannot be physical and hell is a spiritual separation from god heaven =state of closeness
Heaven hell and purgatory as a symbol of moral life on earth not a place
Purgatory = evidence of this as it shows people go where they beleive they are deserving after seeing gods perfection
Limited election
Not everyone can be or is offered saving and due to original sin god picks who is saved (Augustine) + Calvin say this
Unlimited election
Everyone has the possibility to be saved but not everyone can be saved
Universal election
Everyone is saved no matter what
Aquinas on heaven
Beatrice vision is of union with god in perfect happiness
Bernard Williams
Heaven for eternity would be boring and. Not desirebale
Hick gods love and hell
Hell = unloving god
Immediate judgmen t
People reach heaven post death and are judged individually
Final judgment
A time where people are all judged
St. Irenaeus
Final judgment most Christian’s must wait for final judgement apart from saints
Soul cleansing
Aquinas our souls are transformed and washed in heaven
