spiritual

• Plato's idea of dualism, with the physical body as a prison of the immortal soul, influenced Paul's understanding of spiritual resurrection
• Immortal Soul


  Imperishable, survives physical death
• Spiritual body


  Body that will be raised from the dead and continue to exist after physical death
• Dualism


  Physical body is a prison for the soul, which is separate and distinct
• Immortality of the soul

  Soul can live on after physical death
• Heaven


  Spiritual place where the spiritual body will go
• Aristotle's view


  The soul is the essence of the self, body and soul are connected and should not be separated
• Plato's view


  The physical body is mortal and perishable, separate from the immortal soul
• The Catechism describes Heaven as a state, not a physical place
• Saint Paul said "flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God"
• Spiritual resurrection


  Resurrection of a new spiritual body, not the physical Earthly body
• The Catechism says Heaven is a state of "supreme definitive happiness"
• Heaven


  The ultimate end and fulfillment of the deepest human longings, the state of supreme definitive happiness
• Hell


  Eternal separation from God
• Hell


  A state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed
• Heaven as a spiritual state


  A state of supreme definitive happiness and closeness to God
• The Catholic Church accepts Augustine's teaching on original sin but now sees Heaven as a spiritual state