Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Philosophy - B601/2 -
Heaven, Hell and
Purgatory
- Heaven
- Those who have followed God's way on earth and have not sinned will go to Heaven
- A place free of suffering where they will spend
eternity with God
- Sinners who repent can enter Heaven
- 'There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain' - Revelations 21:4
- The home of God and the angels
where good people go after death
- Hell
- Eternal Place without God
- Many pieces of art in the Medieval Times
depicted a frightening image of Hell with fire,
pain and eternal suffering
- The idea of Hell was often used to try and get people to be
morally good and follow the teachings of Christianity
- Some Christians see Hell as an idea where at the point
of death, the body and soul no longer exist
- Purgatory
- Roman Catholic belief
- Souls go here who have died but are not yet ready to
go to Heaven
- It was common in the Middle ages for people to leave money for prayers to be said after their death to
decrease their stay in purgatory
- The Soul
- Regarded as the non-physical part of a
person
- Often used to refer to someone's mind, personality, or emotional being
- The soul is seen as the part of a person that
makes them unique
- The soul is eternal
and doesn't die
- Monotheism
- The Body and the Soul are one
- Dualism
- The Body and the Soul are both separate