Death and the Afterlife (OCR A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards

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Election
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Definition of election

God chooses eternal destiny of each soul

Limited election

Only a few Christians will be saved

Augustine: Why humans undeserving?

Inherited sin of Adam

Augustine on salvation

Gift from God, not earned through merit

Biblical texts supporting election

Romans 8:28-30 and Ephesians 1:3-12

Calvin's Doctrine of Election

God predetermines some for life, others for damnation

Unlimited election: crucifixion purpose

Makes crucifixion purposeful (unlike limited/universal)

Universal salvation for Hick

Necessary for vale of soul-making argument

Hick: Humans made imago dei but...

Purposefully incomplete

Hick: Where does moral development continue?

Purgatory before heaven

Hick's view on hell

No hell; eternal suffering inconsistent with omnibenevolent God

Immediate judgment: Jesus on cross

'Tonight you will be with me in paradise'

Final judgment: Apostles Creed says

Jesus 'will judge the living and the dead'

Sheep & goats: judgment type & destinations

Final judgment; heaven and hell only, no purgatory

Sartre 'no exit': judgment location

In minds of others, not after death

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