self, death and afterlife Flashcards
(35 cards)
The meaning and purpose of life
- To glorify God and have a personal relationship with him
- To prepare for judgement
- To bring about God’s Kingdom on earth
What does it mean to glorify God?
To mirror His image and to acknowledge and honour his greatness
What does glory refer to?
The infinite beauty and splendour of God
Heaven can be seen as a reward for…
good behaviour, which links to the idea of justification by works
Justification by works
The belief that a person becomes just before God by the performance of good works
The ______ substantiates the idea of bringing about God’s Kingdom on earth
YouCat
What is the YouCat?
The Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church
What do Christians mean when they say “Thy kingdom come”?
To invite God’s will into the world and ti be open to what God wants for your life
Forms refers to…
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
Reincarnation is the belief that…
at death, the soul is separated from the body and is ‘re-enfleshed’ into another body
Dualistic in relation to the concept of the soul means…
that the soul is thought of as a totally separate entity from the body, from which it separates at birth
Why was/is belief in the resurrection of Jesus a central tenet of the Christian faith?
- 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
Resurrection of the flesh according to the writings of Augustine
Jesus’ resurrection and ascension were physical. Augustine believed that the physical body will be restored and transformed to live eternally in communion with God
Augustine’s thinking about resurrection of the flesh can be seen in…
the Catholic Church’s teaching about resurrection
Youcat 153 resurrection of the flesh quote
“At the end of the world he does not drop the ‘flesh’ like an old toy”
Spiritual resurrection
- 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
What analogy may be used to explain the idea of spiritual resurrection?
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
What did Paul teach about the nature of the resurrected body?
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
1 Corinthians 15:42-44, 50-54
“flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God”
Particular judgement refers to the idea held by some that…
judgement occurs immediately after death
General judgement refers to…
the final judgement believed by some to occur at the end of time
Mortal sins are…
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
Venial sins are…
less serious sins that do not lead to eternal separation from God
Purgatory
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
