Aquinas

• What did Aquinas believe about the afterlife?

  The fall didn't destroy our ability to choose right from wrong and God will let the good into heaven and condemn the wicked to hell
• What did Aquinas believe about purgatory?

  It is for those who are neither elected nor condemned
• What did Aquinas believe in?

  The beatific vision - a face to face encounter with God . Afterlife is out of space and time
• Strengths of Aquinas

  The view of the beatific vision avoids the issues of the protestant view of heaven
• Weaknesses of Aquinas

  The idea of a timeless soul in God's presence is in conflict with the resurrection as how can it be the same person who died