Zusammenfassung der Ressource
End of Life
- Body & Soul
- The Soul
- Definition: the spiritual
or immaterial part of a
human being or animal,
regarded as immortal.
- Plato & Aristotle
- Aristotle: the soul is not
separate from the body,
the essence of a person
is to act rationally, when
a person dies they can
no longer act rationally,
therefore their essence
no longer exists.
- Plato: soul is eternal and
made up of 3 parts; the
logo - logic, the thymus -
emotional motive, the
pathos - physical motives
- Christian Beliefs
- It is the immortal
essence of a
person that is
distinct from the
human body
- What makes
humans
unique and
separate
from animals
- As God breathed life
into Adam as if it were
his soul.
- We are similar to
God. Yet we are
not God.
- Human life is
sacred. We
are temple for
God/Holy Spirit
to live in.
- DUALISM- body
and soul are 2
different entities
- Philosophical idea
- LIfe & Death
- Heaven
- Eternal life with God. Something
we can't know about in this life
- Christian view points:
All go, only good go,
only christians go,
through death and
resurrection of christ
- Hell
- LIfe without God's blessing
and presence, some say: it is
real and lasts forever, just
symbolic to represent life
without Jesus and some say it
is death and nothing after.
Refer to Mathew 22 for
imagery.
- Some say: no-one
goes, unrepentant
sinners and non
christians. Refer to
Dives and Lazarus
Luke 16
- Purgatory
- The halfway
place where
you are
prepared and
cleansed for
heaven
- Everyone goes as
we are all sinners.
Revelation 21:27
- Salvation &
Redemption
- Salvation - to be
saved from
punishment by
God of Sin. In the
books of Habakuk
and Romans it
states that sin has
to be punished.
- God will forgive
sinners as long
as they repent
- He wants a
relationship
with humans as
he is all loving
- humans can
attain salvation
after they pay a
sum (redemption)
- Romans 5:8 and
Hebrew 9:28 say that
Christ dies for us which
is part of our redemption.
- Resurrection
- Symbolises Jesus overcoming death and defeating
sin. Christians believe all christians will be resurrected
- God as Judge
- Parable of sheep and
Goats. Sinners are goats
and sheep are the good.
- Judges according
to faith and actions
- 1 Corinthians
15:34-44. hope for a
future life if suffering
here and now.
- 1 Corinthians 15:51-52
.THe end of time may be
sudden so we should live
life accordingly with God.
- When?
- 2. Last line Luke
23:36-43
suggests they
will immediately
go to heaven
- 1. 1 Corinthians 15
suggests the
judging will come
at the end of time
- Funeral Rites
- Why?
- acknowledgement
that the dead is in
God's care
- comfort and
reassurance
for mourners
- celebration
- opportunity to
express love
- marks
beginning of
afterlife
- Christian Funerals
- Gathering: coffin in church, ministers
read scripture and welcomes guests,
attributes or tributes may be made,
authorised prayers of pentinene may
be used, collection
- Readings and Sermon:
bible readings, psalms or
hymns, sermon is
preached.
- Prayers: thanks for
the departed, for
mourners, prayers for
afterlife.
- Commendation and Farewell
- THe Committal
- The Dismissal