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Timor mortis conturbat me is a Latin phrase commonly found in late medieval Scottish and English poetry, translating to "fear of death disturbs me". The phrase comes from a responsory of the Catholic Office of the Dead , in the third Nocturn of Matins : [ 1 ]
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. The New International Version translates the passage as: Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
The holiness of eternal life includes the possession of the theological virtues and moral virtues, which after death is matured as impeccability (the inability to be tempted or commit sin, because one is so holy that one only wills what God wills), [43] and the happiness of eternal life includes love, joy, and peace during suffering and work ...
The Sickness unto Death (Danish: Sygdommen til Døden) is a book written by Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard in 1849 under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus. A work of Christian existentialism, the book is about Kierkegaard's concept of despair, which he equates with the Christian concept of sin, which he terms "the sin of despair".
— Saint Lawrence, Christian deacon (10 August 258 CE), while being burned alive on a gridiron "God be thanked." [15]: 157 — Cyprian, Christian bishop of Carthage and martyr (14 September 258 CE), sentenced to death by beheading "I am making my last effort to return that which is divine in me to that which is divine in the Universe."
Additionally the kinds of positive transformation the NDErs report also find parallels in the values Baháʼís are encouraged to seek [5] [37] [38] - a new appreciation of knowledge and learning, the importance of love, an absence of fear of death, the importance of physical life on earth, a belief in the sanctity of human nature, and an ...
The term "second death" occurs four times in the New Testament, specifically in Revelation 2:11, 20:6, 20:14, and 21:8. According to Revelation 2:11 and 20:6, those who overcome the devil's tribulation have part in the first resurrection and will not be hurt by the second death
The central final hope of the Christian is "the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting" as confessed in the Apostles' Creed, but Lutherans also teach that, at death, Christian souls are immediately taken into the presence of Jesus in heaven, [18] where they await this bodily resurrection and the second coming of Jesus on the Last Day ...