Life after death (AQA GCSE Religious Studies A): Flashcards

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Life after death
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Catholic view of death

Continuation of existence, not an ending

Nature of the soul in Catholic belief

Eternal and immortal aspect that continues after body dies

What continues after the body dies

The spiritual soul

What Jesus' resurrection proves

Life continues after death

Three destinations after death

Heaven, purgatory, and hell

Heaven in Catholic teaching

Spiritual state of eternal union with God

Purgatory

Purification of souls before entering heaven

Which teaching is distinctively Catholic

Purgatory

Hell

Eternal separation from God

Who goes to hell

Unrepentant sinners who rejected God's salvation

How can the living help souls in purgatory

Through prayers and penances

How belief in judgement affects Catholics

Influences their moral choices and behaviour

Protestant view of purgatory

Don't accept it; faithful go directly to heaven

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