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Heaven, purgatory, judgment, the soul and the resurrection.
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The Catholic Church teaches that the devil and demons are real personal spiritual beings, not symbols or metaphors, whose existence is a truth of faith confirmed by Sacred Scripture, Sacred …
Read the explanation →Angels are purely spiritual beings created by God before the material world, possessing intellect and will but no physical body, who serve God and assist human beings as his messengers and m…
Read the explanation →The Catholic Church teaches that at the end of time, every human being who has ever lived will be bodily raised from the dead, reunited with their soul, and stand before Christ for the Last …
Read the explanation →The Catholic Church teaches that every human being possesses an immortal soul, created directly by God, which survives the death of the body and continues to exist for eternity.
Read the explanation →The Catholic Church teaches that Jesus Christ will return at the end of history in glory, power, and majesty to judge the living and the dead and to bring all creation to its final fulfillme…
Read the explanation →The Catholic Church teaches two distinct judgments after death: the particular judgment, which occurs immediately for each individual soul at the moment of death, and the Last Judgment, whic…
Read the explanation →Purgatory is the state of final purification in which souls who have died in God’s grace and friendship are cleansed of the remaining effects of sin before entering the full joy of heaven.
Read the explanation →Hell is the state of eternal separation from God freely chosen by a person who dies in a condition of definitive rejection of divine love and grace.
Read the explanation →Heaven is the state of perfect and eternal union with God, in which the blessed souls see God face to face in what Catholic theology calls the Beatific Vision.
Read the explanation →The Catholic Church teaches that purgatory is a state of final purification after death, where souls destined for heaven are cleansed of the lingering effects of sin before entering God’s pr…
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