Zusammenfassung der Ressource
RE - Catholic Christian Themes -
Eschatology
- The Paschal Candle
- Michaelangelo's Last Judgement
- Memorials for the dead
- tombstones: a large carved stone
that is placed (either lying or
standing) over a burial site
- monument: something
that is built to remember
an important person or
even
- cremation: the burning of the bodily
remains of a person
- remembrance garden: an area designed for the
remains of the deceased, where mourners can
come and reflect in quiet
- Eschatology and Life after Death
- eschatology: the study of
what will take place at the
end of time
- cosmic disasters: frightening events
in the universe that will indicate the
end of time
- Jesus said that He will come like a thief in the night [1 Thess
5:2] ; meaning He will come very secretly - no one knows when
He will come.
- Christians believe that after death, they
will be judged by God and either go to
Heaven, Hell or Purgatory
- Christ will come again and
resurrect the dead
- The Four Last Things
- Death: Christians believe that our earthly bodies will die but
spiritual lives will live on. Death is inevitable - a transition to a
new phase of our lives - to eternal life without the limitations of
the earthly body.
- Judgement: Christians believe that after
death, God will judge us for our temporary life
on Earth. People accept full responsibility for
their actions.
- judgement: the belief that God judges a
person based on their actions, and either
rewards or punishes them as a result
- Heaven: the state of eternal happiness in the presence of God
- Heaven is the place of total eternal happiness in
the presence of God where no forms of sin are
present.
- Hell: the state of total separation from God
- Hell is the place where we are completely separated from
God - for people who choose to reject God and harden
their hearts to reject God's love and forgiveness.
- Purgatory and Judgement
- Parable of the Rich man and Lazarus
- parable: a story with a religious message;
particularly used for the stories told by
Jesus
- Hades: the word used for 'hell' in
Greek mythology; a place of
torment
- We learn that Hell is a place of torment -
"outer darkness, weeping and gnashing of
teeth, eternal punishment"
- We learn that Heaven is a place of happiness,
"eternal life, banquet"
- Cosmic Reconciliation
- Jesus came to restore harmony
- the time when all things in creation will be
brought together in harmony
- Church Teachings on the End of Times
- The Last Rites
- The Funeral Rite
- Care of dying & Euthanasia