Death and the Afterlife (Edexcel A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards
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Eschatological reward
Eschatological reward
Reward in the afterlife that religious people pursue
Epistemic distance
Epistemic distance
Gap between humans & God; closes in heaven
Prelapsarian
Prelapsarian
Before the fall; original state with God
Second death (Revelation 21)
Second death (Revelation 21)
Hell; continuation of pain & suffering after Earthly death
Biblical references to purgatory
Biblical references to purgatory
None - no Biblical references to purgatory
When purgatory concept developed
When purgatory concept developed
5 centuries after Jesus' death
Purgatory purpose
Purgatory purpose
Temporary state to cleanse souls before heaven
Eternity (philosophical definition)
Eternity (philosophical definition)
Past, present & future exist in one unchanging moment
Augustine's City of God view on hell
Augustine's City of God view on hell
Hell is everlasting, physical place of punishment
Beatific vision (Aquinas)
Beatific vision (Aquinas)
Being 'face to face' with God forever in heaven
Felicitas (Aquinas)
Felicitas (Aquinas)
Temporary happiness in this world
Dante's Inferno circles
Dante's Inferno circles
9 circles of hell
Bernard Williams' EM character point
Bernard Williams' EM character point
Physical afterlife would become boring eventually
Origen on physical things
Origen on physical things
Subject to change, decay & corruption; therefore imperfect
Sartre's 'hell is other people'
Sartre's 'hell is other people'
Hell is a moral state on Earth, not afterlife destination