Believe death isn’t the end, but change from one state of being to another.
Believe when Jesus died on cross = he paid price for our sins, and when rose from dead = he defeated death (power over death)
Due to this, Catholics can hope to go to heaven after death and spend eternity with God = ETERNAL LIFE
They believe soul lives on after physical death - a spiritual aspect, part that connects with God (other species don’t have)
ENSOULMENT - the moment when soul is believed to enter the body while in womb.
Bible teaches God is the Divine Judge and on Judgement Day (death), he will decide who will be rewarded with eternal life in paradise (heaven) and who is punished (hell).
Those who believe in Jesus and lived good life = taken to heaven BUT those who have rejected God’s love and cause harm to others = sent to hell
Judgement shown in Parable of the Sheep and Goats.
Teaching focuses on INDIVIDUAL JUDGEMENT :
Each individual will be judged on how they have lived their life.
Teaching focuses on FINAL JUDGEMENT:
When all of humanity will be raised and each person’s body and soul will be reunited - here, everyone will be judged by Christ (who will have returned in all his glory).
Believe after death, we will experience a ‘bodily resurrection’ - known as Jesus came back to life physically.
St Paul states after our deaths, we will be raised as spiritual bodies, not just disembodied souls.
