by paul | Dec 8, 2019 | Catechesis Q & A, Church Teachings, Hell, Purgatory
What are the ‘Four Last Things’? The Church’s teaching about life after death is summarized as the Four Last Things—Death, Judgment, Heaven, and Hell. Life’s one certainty is death. Nearly all religions, cultures, and individuals in history have believed...
by paul | Dec 8, 2019 | Catechesis Q & A, Church Teachings, Purgatory, Suffering
“For if he were not expecting that those who had fallen would rise again, it would have been superfluous and foolish to pray for the dead. Therefore, he made atonement for the dead, that they might be delivered from their sin” (2 Maccabees 12:39-46) What is...