A Debate On The State Of The Dead

Author : Stephen Yates
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ISBN 13 : 9781501312274
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Between Death and Resurrection written by Stephen Yates and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent Catholic debate concerning the intermediate state -- The traditional Catholic position on the intermediate state -- Anthropological presuppositions of the traditional position -- Reaffirmations of the traditional position -- Proposed alternatives to the traditional position -- Recent challenges to the traditional position from within the Catholic community -- The main Catholic criticisms of resurrection in death -- The new thesis and Christ's own interim state -- The new thesis and the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary -- Searching for a resolution : areas requiring further exploration -- Sacred Scripture and the intermediate state -- Does human ontology in the Sacred Scriptures preclude a separable soul? -- The anthropology of the Old Testament -- The logical distinction between holism and monism -- Counterevidence for ontological holism in the Old Testament -- Counterevidence for ontological holism in intertestamental literature -- The anthropology of the New Testament -- Counterevidence for ontological holism in the New Testament -- Counterevidence for ontological holism in the Pauline literature -- Does Scripture teach resurrection in death? -- The use of echomen in verse one -- The verb ependuein in verses two and four -- Support for immediate resurrection in verses 5-10 -- Judging 2 cor. 5:1-10 within the context of the Pauline corpus as a whole -- Realized eschatology and resurrection in death -- The postmortem state? atemporal or nonatemporal? -- The coherence of atemporalism -- Reasons for adopting atemporalism -- Criticisms of atemporalism -- A Catholic consensus against atemporalism? -- A possible response to these objections -- The inadequacy of this response -- Addressing Rahner's problematic concerning postmortem temporality -- Postmortem atemporalism and purgatory -- The nature of purgation in death -- Challenges to purgation in death -- The problem of retroactivity -- The problem of the purpose of prayers and suffrages for the dead -- The anthropological objection to purgation in death -- The intermediate state maintaining personal identity through death and immediate resurrection -- Bodily identity and the Christian doctrine of Resurrection: the Catholic Church's traditional view -- How personal identity is maintained through death and resurrection : the traditional schema -- Personal identity maintained by the anima separata : some objections -- The maintenance of personal identity through resurrection in death -- Infused immortality -- Replica theory -- What is replica theory -- Problems with replica theories -- The gappy object defense -- Recapitulation theories -- Memory theory -- Reification theory -- Physical-transfer theory -- Individual form transfer -- Philosophical and theological objections to the traditional schema addressed -- The inseparability of the spiritual soul -- The loss of individuality in the separated soul -- The inactivity of the separated soul -- The inadequacy of the anima separata as carrier of personal identity -- How full personal identity is ensured through death and resurrection -- The resurrection of the dead and the significance of relics -- Ontological duality necessary for maintenance of identity through death and resurrection -- Immediate resurrection as a solution to some eschatological tensions -- Beatitude and the traditional schema -- Beatitude and immediate resurrection -- The significance of bodily resurrection -- Conclusion