Theo

• Eschatology


  Study of last things in life
• Eschatological topics


  • Death
  • Heaven and hell
  • Purgatory
  • Judgment day
  • Eternal life
  • Resurrection
• Death


  Separation of the body from the soul
• The consequence of sin is death
• Biblical understanding of Final Death


  Separation/termination from life/humanity & God on earth
• Criterion for life on earth is 70 years, 80 years if strong
• 1st Death


  Separates physical body from soul, dead aren't truly dead as soul continues to live
• 2nd Death


  Saddest, separated from Life (God), worst loss, death according to the bible
• Sin (Hamartia)


  Failure to achieve true self-expression, can't escape it
• Types of sin


  • Personal- disobedience to God's will
  • Inherited (original sin)- Adam & Eve ate forbidden fruit
• Reasons for death: to reunite with God in heaven, for judgement, as a result of sin & sickness, part of nature
• Heaven


  God's place, outside universe, state of no death, pain, suffering, only full of peace, light, fullness of life, being one with God
• 9 Categories/Accidents of Substance in Heaven

  • Time
  • Place/space
  • Quantity
  • Quality
  • Position
  • Possession
  • Passion
  • Action
  • Substance
• Types of Love


  • Eros
  • Philia
  • Ludos
  • Agape
  • Storge
  • Philautia
  • Pragma
  • Mania
• Scope of Anthropology


  • Death
  • Afterlife
  • Heaven
  • Life
  • Hell
  • Second coming of Jesus
  • Resurrection of the dead
  • Tribulation
  • Rupture
  • End of the world
  • Last judgment
  • New Heaven
  • New Earth
  • Eternal life
• 4 Qualities of Glorified Body

  • Brightness
  • Agility
  • Subtlety
  • Impassibility
• Viaticum


  Way/road & with: road to the way of heaven, communion
• Eschaton


  Greek, study of last things like death, heaven, hell, purgatory, resurrection, eternal life
• Parousia


  Greek, second coming of Jesus / resurrection
• Beatific Vision


  See God face to face
• Eternal Retribution


  Renewal/punishment; accounting/judgment of what we have done, good things will have merits
• Destinies of the soul

  • Heaven- perfectly purified
  • Purgatory- imperfectly purified
  • Hell- reject offer of author of mercy & salvation/grace
• Eschatological Themes in Apostle's Creed

  • Resurrection
  • Life Everlasting
  • Judgment: Particular/Personal & Final
• Everlasting Life


  Beginning but no end, for man and angels
• Eternal Life


  No beginning and no end, for God's life
• Contingent


  Past, present & future
• Reincarnation


  No glorified body, belief of Buddhists, go back to life again here on earth in other form
• Resurrection


  Given glorified body, living as continued existence, living in hell or heaven
• The Church will enter the glory of the kingdom only through the final Passover, when she will follow her Lord in his death and Resurrection
• The full inclusion of the Jews in Christ's salvation will occur once the full number of the Gentiles has been reached
• A final trial that will shake the Faith of many believers will forego Christ's Second Coming
• Christ has the full right to pass definitive judgment on the works and hearts of men as the redeemer of the world
• By rejecting grace in this life, one already judges oneself, receives according to one's works, and can even condemn oneself for all eternity by rejecting the Spirit of love
• e culpable unbelief that counted the offer of God's grace as nothing be condemned.
• Our attitude to our neighbor will disclose acceptance or refusal of grace and divine love.
• Jesus: 'Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'
• A final trial that will shake the Faith of many believers will forego Christ's Second Coming.
• Christ is Lord of eternal life

  Full right to pass definitive judgment on the works and hearts of men belongs to him as redeemer of the world
• The Son did not come to judge, but to save and to give the life he has in himself.
• By rejecting grace in this life, one already judges oneself, receives according to one's works, and can even condemn oneself for all eternity by rejecting the Spirit of love.