Christ our hope : an introduction to eschatology /

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Christ Our Hope is a masterful reflection on Christian eschatology, in a textbook of twelve accessible chapters. Paul O'Callaghan considers the return of Christ in glory at the end of time, final resurrection, the renewal of the cosmos, and general judgment. An extensive chapter explores eterna...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: O'Callaghan, Paul, 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, District of Columbia : Catholic University of America Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Doctrines.
Église catholique > Doctrines.
Catholic Church.
Eschatology.
Hope > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Espérance > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Eschatology.
Theology, Doctrinal.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Christian virtue of hope and the epistemological underpinnings of Christian eschatology
  • Parousia : the future coming of the Lord Jesus in glory
  • The resurrection of the dead
  • The new heavens and the new earth
  • Final judgment
  • Heaven : eternal life in the glory of Christ
  • Hell : the perpetual retribution of the sinner
  • The living presence of the Parousia
  • Death, the end of the human pilgrimage
  • Purgatory : the purification of the elect
  • The implications of an "intermediate eschatology "
  • The central role of Christian eschatology in theology.

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