However, in Oriental Orthodox Churches, it is only God who has the final say on who enters heaven. Some within the Anglican Church also hold to this belief, despite their separate history. This is valid for venial sin only, as mortal sins can be forgiven only through the act of reconciliation and repentance while on earth. Roman Catholics believe that entering Purgatory after death (physical rather than ego death) cleanses one of sin (period of suffering until one's nature is perfected), which makes one acceptable to enter heaven. From the 16th to the late 19th century, Christendom was divided between the Roman Catholic view, the Orthodox view, the Coptic view, the Jacobite view, the Abyssinian view and Protestant views. The Christian Church has been divided over how people gain this eternal life. Historically, Christianity has taught "Heaven" as a generalized concept, a place of eternal life, in that it is a shared plane to be attained by all the pious and elect (rather than an abstract experience related to individual concepts of the ideal). Many are ruled by a death god, such as Nergal, the Hindu Yama, or some other dreadful supernatural figure (e.g. Hell is often portrayed populated with demons, who torment the damned. Heaven is generally construed as a place of happiness, sometimes eternal happiness. Generally religions agree on the concept of Heaven as pertaining to some type of peaceful life after death related to the immortality of the soul. While there are abundant and varied sources for conceptions of Heaven, the typical believer's view appears to depend largely on his religious tradition and particular sect. Punishment in Hell typically corresponds to sins committed in life. Some other traditions, however, portray Hell as cold and gloomy. Within Islam hell is traditionally depicted as fiery. Hell is almost always depicted as underground. Hell, according to many religious beliefs, is an afterlife of suffering where the wicked or unrighteous dead are punished. This is supported by a few verses in the Bible, but the Bible tends to use other terms, such as Paradise, for this. However, with time, the term came to be used also in the sense of the abode of the righteous at some point after death. It was considered the dwelling place of God and his angels. This is the main meaning of the word in the Bible. What may not be expected in a country of eternal light? I may there discover the wondrous power which attracts the needle and may regulate a thousand celestial observations that require only this voyage to render their seeming eccentricities consistent forever.įrom Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) ShelleyĪstronomy: A system of knowledge or beliefs about celestial phenomena: the various astronomies of ancient civilizations.Originally the term "heaven" referred to the sky or the area above the earth where the "heavenly bodies" are placed. Its productions and features may be without example, as the phenomena of the heavenly bodies undoubtedly are in those undiscovered solitudes. There-for with your leave, my sister, I will put some trust in preceding navigators-there snow and frost are banished and, sailing over a calm sea, we may be wafted to a land surpassing in wonders and in beauty every region hitherto discovered on the habitable globe. Phenomena of the heavenly bodies English translation: extraordinary and unique events of the celestial bodies Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters.
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