September 26, 2016 by

Extract John Hick on Eternal Life – a Summary

Here are a useful few paragraphs from the internet encyclopaedia of philosophy summarising John Hick’s view of eternal life – contained…

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September 26, 2016 by

Extract Is there a Literal Place of Hell Fire?

The following extract discusses whether we can take the Bible literally when it talks (or rather, Jesus talks) of a hell-fire…

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September 26, 2016 by

Extract John Hick on Resurrection

source: http://www.johnhick.org.uk/jsite/index.php/articles-by-john-hick/18-resurrection John Polkinghorne believes not only that Jesus rose from the dead in a bodily form but also that we…

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September 26, 2016 by

Powerpoint: Life after Death

Aimee Horsley has produced an excellent powerpoint on Life After Death which covers elements of this section of the DCT syllabus…

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September 26, 2016 by

Extract Catholic Catechism Death and the Afterlife

The OCR syllabus suggest we study the following sections of the Roman Catholic Catechism. I have added a few more clauses…

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September 12, 2016 by

Summary: Five Elements of Original Sin

Five elements of Augustine’s theory of Original Sin source: https://www.academia.edu/1958072/St._Augustines_Doctrine_of_Original_Sin?auto=download The five elements of the doctrine of original sin are as follows: (1) The…

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September 12, 2016 by

Augustine on Original Sin

Has a fourth century monk got anything to teach us? This is the question a short 7 minute introduction to Augustine…

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September 11, 2016 by

Key Quotes – Augustine

‘He created them not that they might sin, but that they might add beauty to the whole, whether they willed to…

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September 6, 2016 by

Article – Augustine, Depravity and the Fall

This article is part of a longer thesis, “From Death to Depravity” by Grace Riverbark to be found online at http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=rs_hontheses…

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September 6, 2016 by

Extract – Romans 7:15-20

Romans 7:15-20 New International Version (NIV) In this Chapter in Paul’s letter to the Romans, Paul grapples with the reality of…

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