Cards (6)

    • judgement, heaven, hell + purgatory as physical was a view held almost universally in the West until modern times. it is still believed by some fundamentalists
    • the powerful in the Church + secular world saw physical judgement as a way of controlling the peasants
    • judgement as physical:
      • at the end of the world, Christ will return in glory to judge all humans according to their deeds
    • heaven as physical:
      • those assessed as holy will be taken to heaven by angels
      • often depicted as a city
    • hell as physical:
      • those who have committed mortal sins will be cast into hell to suffer torment for eternity
      • often depicted as a blazing fire
    • purgatory as physical:
      • those whose sins are venial undergo a period of cleansing suffering + pain, or purgatory
      • this enables them to enter heaven