Heaven in Christianity, the Glossary

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1. 85 relations: Acts of the Apostles, Adam and Eve, Afterlife, Annihilationism, Apostolic Fathers, Ascension of Jesus, Assumption of Mary, Baptism for the dead, Beatific vision, Book of Revelation, Cain, Catholic Church, Celestial marriage, Christadelphians, Christian denomination, Christian eschatology, Christian mortalism, Christianity, Clement of Rome, Council of Florence, Council of Trent, Doctrine and Covenants, Dyophysitism, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eschatology, Evangelical Methodist Church, Fallen angel, First Epistle to the Corinthians, First Epistle to the Thessalonians, Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Fruit of the Holy Spirit, General judgment, Gentile, Gerard Manley Hopkins, God in Christianity, Gospel, Heaven, Hell, Hypostatic union, Immaculate Conception, Intermediate state (Christianity), Irenaeus, Jehovah, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jewish Christianity, King James Version, Kingdom of heaven (Gospel of Matthew), Kingship and kingdom of God, Last Judgment, ... Expand index (35 more) »

2. Christian cosmology

Acts of the Apostles

The Acts of the Apostles (Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, Práxeis Apostólōn; Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message to the Roman Empire.

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Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve, according to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, were the first man and woman.

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Afterlife

The afterlife or life after death is a purported existence in which the essential part of an individual's stream of consciousness or identity continues to exist after the death of their physical body.

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Annihilationism

In Christianity, annihilationism (also known as extinctionism or destructionism) is the belief that after the Last Judgment, all damned humans and fallen angels including Satan will be totally destroyed, cremated, and their consciousness extinguished rather than suffering forever in Hell.

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Apostolic Fathers

The Apostolic Fathers, also known as the Ante-Nicene Fathers, were core Christian theologians among the Church Fathers who lived in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD who are believed to have personally known some of the Twelve Apostles or to have been significantly influenced by them. Heaven in Christianity and Apostolic Fathers are Christian terminology.

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Ascension of Jesus

The Ascension of Jesus (anglicized from the Vulgate lit) is the Christian belief, reflected in the major Christian creeds and confessional statements, that Jesus ascended to Heaven after his resurrection, where he was exalted as Lord and Christ, sitting at the right hand of God. Heaven in Christianity and Ascension of Jesus are Christian terminology.

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Assumption of Mary

The Assumption of Mary is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church.

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Baptism for the dead

Baptism for the dead, vicarious baptism or proxy baptism today commonly refers to the religious practice of baptizing a person on behalf of one who is dead—a living person receiving the rite on behalf of a deceased person.

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Beatific vision

In Christian theology, the beatific vision (visio beatifica) is the ultimate direct self-communication of God to the individual person.

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Book of Revelation

The Book of Revelation or Book of the Apocalypse is the final book of the New Testament (and therefore the final book of the Christian Bible).

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Cain

Cain is a biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Celestial marriage

Celestial marriage (also called the New and Everlasting Covenant of Marriage, Eternal Marriage, Temple Marriage) is a doctrine that marriage can last forever in heaven.

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Christadelphians

The Christadelphians are a restorationist and nontrinitarian Christian denomination.

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Christian denomination

A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity that comprises all church congregations of the same kind, identifiable by traits such as a name, particular history, organization, leadership, theological doctrine, worship style and, sometimes, a founder. Heaven in Christianity and Christian denomination are Christian terminology.

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Christian eschatology

Christian eschatology is a minor branch of study within Christian theology which deals with the doctrine of the "last things", especially the Second Coming of Christ, or Parousia.

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Christian mortalism

Christian mortalism is the Christian belief that the human soul is not naturally immortal and may include the belief that the soul is "sleeping" after death until the Resurrection of the Dead and the Last Judgment, a time known as the intermediate state. Heaven in Christianity and Christian mortalism are Christian terminology.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Clement of Rome

Clement of Rome (Clemens Romanus; Klēmēs Rōmēs) (died), also known as Pope Clement I, was a bishop of Rome in the late first century AD.

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Council of Florence

The Council of Florence is the seventeenth ecumenical council recognized by the Catholic Church, held between 1431 and 1449.

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Council of Trent

The Council of Trent (Concilium Tridentinum), held between 1545 and 1563 in Trent (or Trento), now in northern Italy, was the 19th ecumenical council of the Catholic Church.

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Doctrine and Covenants

The Doctrine and Covenants (sometimes abbreviated and cited as D&C or D. and C.) is a part of the open scriptural canon of several denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement.

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Dyophysitism

Dyophysitism (from Greek: δυοφυσιτισμός "two natures") is the Christological position that Jesus Christ is one person of one substance and one hypostasis, with two distinct, inseparable natures, divine and human. Heaven in Christianity and Dyophysitism are Christian terminology.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.

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Eschatology

Eschatology concerns expectations of the end of present age, human history, or the world itself.

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Evangelical Methodist Church

The Evangelical Methodist Church (EMC) is a Christian denomination in the Wesleyan-Holiness tradition headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Fallen angel

Fallen angels are angels who were expelled from Heaven. Heaven in Christianity and Fallen angel are Christian terminology.

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First Epistle to the Corinthians

The First Epistle to the Corinthians (Α΄ ᾽Επιστολὴ πρὸς Κορινθίους) is one of the Pauline epistles, part of the New Testament of the Christian Bible.

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First Epistle to the Thessalonians

The First Epistle to the Thessalonians is a Pauline epistle of the New Testament of the Christian Bible.

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Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture, who became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers.

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Friedrich Schleiermacher

Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (21 November 1768 – 12 February 1834) was a German Reformed theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar known for his attempt to reconcile the criticisms of the Enlightenment with traditional Protestant Christianity.

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Fruit of the Holy Spirit

The Fruit of the Holy Spirit (sometimes referred to as the Fruits of the Holy Spirit) is a biblical term that sums up nine attributes of a person or community living in accord with the Holy Spirit, according to chapter 5 of the Epistle to the Galatians: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control." The fruit is contrasted with the works of the flesh which immediately precede it in this chapter.

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General judgment

General judgment is the Christian theological concept of a judgment of the dead. Heaven in Christianity and General judgment are Christian terminology.

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Gentile

Gentile is a word that today usually means someone who is not Jewish.

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Gerard Manley Hopkins

Gerard Manley Hopkins (28 July 1844 – 8 June 1889) was an English poet and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous fame places him among the leading English poets.

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God in Christianity

In Christianity, God is the eternal, supreme being who created and preserves all things.

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Gospel

Gospel (εὐαγγέλιον; evangelium) originally meant the Christian message ("the gospel"), but in the 2nd century it came to be used also for the books in which the message was reported. Heaven in Christianity and gospel are Christian terminology.

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Heaven

Heaven, or the heavens, is a common religious cosmological or transcendent supernatural place where beings such as deities, angels, souls, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or reside.

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Hell

In religion and folklore, hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as punishment after death.

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Hypostatic union

Hypostatic union (from the Greek: ὑπόστασις hypóstasis, 'person, subsistence') is a technical term in Christian theology employed in mainstream Christology to describe the union of Christ's humanity and divinity in one hypostasis, or individual personhood. Heaven in Christianity and Hypostatic union are Christian terminology.

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Immaculate Conception

The Immaculate Conception is the belief that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception.

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In some forms of Christianity, the intermediate state or interim state is a person's existence between death and the universal resurrection. Heaven in Christianity and intermediate state (Christianity) are Christian terminology.

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Irenaeus

Irenaeus (Eirēnaîos) was a Greek bishop noted for his role in guiding and expanding Christian communities in the southern regions of present-day France and, more widely, for the development of Christian theology by combating heterodox or Gnostic interpretations of Scripture as heresy and defining proto-orthodoxy.

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Jehovah

Jehovah is a Latinization of the Hebrew יְהֹוָה, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.

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Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovah's Witnesses is a nontrinitarian, millenarian, restorationist Christian denomination.

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Jewish Christianity

Jewish Christians were the followers of a Jewish religious sect that emerged in Judea during the late Second Temple period (first century AD). Heaven in Christianity and Jewish Christianity are Christian terminology.

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King James Version

on the title-page of the first edition and in the entries in works like the "Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church", etc.--> The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version (AV), is an Early Modern English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of King James VI and I.

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Kingdom of heaven (Gospel of Matthew)

Kingdom of heaven (Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν) is a phrase used in the Gospel of Matthew. Heaven in Christianity and Kingdom of heaven (Gospel of Matthew) are Christian terminology.

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Kingship and kingdom of God

The concept of the kingship of God appears in all Abrahamic religions, where in some cases the terms kingdom of God and kingdom of Heaven are also used. Heaven in Christianity and kingship and kingdom of God are Christian terminology.

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Last Judgment

The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (translit or label) is a concept found across the Abrahamic religions and the Frashokereti of Zoroastrianism.

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Latter Day Saint movement

The Latter Day Saint movement (also called the LDS movement, LDS restorationist movement, or Smith–Rigdon movement) is the collection of independent church groups that trace their origins to a Christian Restorationist movement founded by Joseph Smith in the late 1820s.

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List of Christian denominations

A Christian denomination is a distinct religious body within Christianity, identified by traits such as a name, organization and doctrine.

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Mary, mother of Jesus

Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus.

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Methodism

Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christian tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. Heaven in Christianity and Methodism are Christian terminology.

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Millennialism

Millennialism or chiliasm (from the Greek equivalent) is a belief which is held by some religious denominations. Heaven in Christianity and Millennialism are Christian terminology.

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Miracle

A miracle is an event that is inexplicable by natural or scientific lawsOne dictionary defines as: "A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divine agency." and accordingly gets attributed to some supernatural or praeternatural cause.

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New Earth (Christianity)

The New Earth is an expression used in the Book of Isaiah (&), 2 Peter, and the Book of Revelation (21:1) in the Bible to describe the final state of redeemed humanity. Heaven in Christianity and New Earth (Christianity) are Christian terminology.

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New Jerusalem

In the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible, New Jerusalem (YHWH šāmmā, YHWH there") is Ezekiel's prophetic vision of a city centered on the rebuilt Holy Temple, the Third Temple, to be established in Jerusalem, which would be the capital of the Messianic Kingdom, the meeting place of the twelve tribes of Israel, during the Messianic era.

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Nicene Creed

The Nicene Creed (Sýmvolon tis Nikéas), also called the Creed of Constantinople, is the defining statement of belief of mainstream Christianity and in those Christian denominations that adhere to it. Heaven in Christianity and Nicene Creed are Christian terminology.

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Oriental Orthodox Churches

The Oriental Orthodox Churches are Eastern Christian churches adhering to Miaphysite Christology, with approximately 50 million members worldwide.

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Original sin

Original sin is the Christian doctrine that holds that humans, through the act of birth, inherit a tainted nature with a proclivity to sinful conduct in need of regeneration. Heaven in Christianity and Original sin are Christian terminology.

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Particular judgment

Particular judgment, according to Christian eschatology, is the divine judgment that a departed (dead) person undergoes immediately after death, in contradistinction to the general judgment (or Last Judgment) of all people at the end of the world. Heaven in Christianity and Particular judgment are Christian terminology.

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Pearly gates

Pearly gates is an informal name for the gateway to Heaven according to some Christian denominations. Heaven in Christianity and Pearly gates are Christian terminology.

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Prayer for the dead

Religions with the belief in a final judgment, a resurrection of the dead or an intermediate state (such as Hades or purgatory) often offer prayers on behalf of the dead to God.

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Purgatory

Purgatory (borrowed into English via Anglo-Norman and Old French) is a passing intermediate state after physical death for purifying or purging a soul. Heaven in Christianity and Purgatory are Christian terminology.

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Queen of Heaven

Queen of Heaven (Regina Caeli) is a title given to the Virgin Mary, by Christians mainly of the Catholic Church and, to a lesser extent, in Anglicanism, Lutheranism, and Eastern Orthodoxy. Heaven in Christianity and Queen of Heaven are Christian terminology.

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Resurrection of Jesus

The resurrection of Jesus (anástasis toú Iēsoú) is the Christian belief that God raised Jesus from the dead on the third day after his crucifixion, starting – or restoring – his exalted life as Christ and Lord.

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Right hand of God

The right hand of God ('right hand of the Lord' in Latin) or God's right hand may be used in the Bible and common speech as a metaphor for the omnipotence of God and as a motif in art. Heaven in Christianity and right hand of God are Christian terminology.

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Righteousness

Righteousness, or rectitude, is the quality or state of being morally correct and justifiable.

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Saint

In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God.

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Salvation in Christianity

In Christianity, salvation (also called deliverance or redemption) is the saving of human beings from sin and its consequences—which include death and separation from God—by Christ's death and resurrection, and the justification entailed by this salvation. Heaven in Christianity and salvation in Christianity are Christian terminology.

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Satan

Satan, also known as the Devil, is an entity in Abrahamic religions that seduces humans into sin or falsehood.

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Second Coming

The Second Coming (sometimes called the Second Advent or the Parousia) is the Christian belief that Jesus Christ will return to Earth after his ascension to Heaven (which is said to have occurred about two thousand years ago). Heaven in Christianity and Second Coming are Christian terminology.

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Session of Christ

The Session of Christ or heavenly session is a Christian doctrine stating that Jesus Christ is seated at the right hand of God the Father in Heaven—the word "session" is an archaic noun meaning "sitting". Heaven in Christianity and session of Christ are Christian terminology.

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Seventh-day Adventist Church

The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDA) is an Adventist Protestant Christian denomination which is distinguished by its observance of Saturday, the seventh day of the week in the Christian (Gregorian) and the Hebrew calendar, as the Sabbath, its emphasis on the imminent Second Coming (advent) of Jesus Christ, and its annihilationist soteriology. Heaven in Christianity and seventh-day Adventist Church are Christian terminology.

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Sin

In a religious context, sin is a transgression against divine law or a law of the deities.

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Son of perdition (Mormonism)

In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a son of perdition is a person who will not take part in the glory of God in the afterlife.

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Standard works

The Standard Works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church, the largest in the Latter Day Saint movement) are the four books that currently constitute its open scriptural canon.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, tracing its roots to its founding by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening.

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Theosis (Eastern Christian theology)

Theosis (θέωσις), or deification (deification may also refer to apotheosis, lit. "making divine"), is a transformative process whose aim is likeness to or union with God, as taught by the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Eastern Orthodox Church; the same concept is also found in the Latin Church of the Catholic Church, where it is termed "divinization". Heaven in Christianity and Theosis (Eastern Christian theology) are Christian terminology.

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Throne of God

The throne of God is the reigning centre of God in the Abrahamic religions: primarily Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

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Universal resurrection

General resurrection or universal resurrection is the belief in a resurrection of the dead, or resurrection from the dead (Koine: ἀνάστασις νεκρῶν, anastasis nekron; literally: "standing up again of the dead") by which most or all people who have died would be resurrected (brought back to life). Heaven in Christianity and universal resurrection are Christian terminology.

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Vision (spirituality)

A vision is something seen in a dream, trance, or religious ecstasy, especially a supernatural appearance that usually conveys a revelation.

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Vladimir Solovyov (philosopher)

Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov (Влади́мир Серге́евич Соловьёв; –) was a Russian philosopher, theologian, poet, pamphleteer, and literary critic, who played a significant role in the development of Russian philosophy and poetry at the end of the 19th century and in the spiritual renaissance of the early 20th century.

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1st century

The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 (represented by the Roman numeral I) through AD 100 (C) according to the Julian calendar.

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See also

Christian cosmology

• A Book on Nymphs, Sylphs, Pygmies, and Salamanders, and on the Other Spirits
• Biblical cosmology
• Creatio ex nihilo
• Dispensation of the fulness of times
• Empyrean
• Eternal life (Christianity)
• Firmament
• Frederick Larson (filmmaker)
• Gehenna
• God and eternity
• Heaven in Christianity
• Hell (Christianity)
• Hexaemeron
• Mormon cosmology
• New Galilee (the Sixth Epoch)
• Spirits in prison
• The Book of Giants
• War in Heaven
• Wessobrunn Prayer

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_in_Christianity

Also known as Christian Heaven, Heaven (Christianity).

, Latter Day Saint movement, List of Christian denominations, Mary, mother of Jesus, Methodism, Millennialism, Miracle, New Earth (Christianity), New Jerusalem, Nicene Creed, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Original sin, Particular judgment, Pearly gates, Prayer for the dead, Purgatory, Queen of Heaven, Resurrection of Jesus, Right hand of God, Righteousness, Saint, Salvation in Christianity, Satan, Second Coming, Session of Christ, Seventh-day Adventist Church, Sin, Son of perdition (Mormonism), Standard works, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Theosis (Eastern Christian theology), Throne of God, Universal resurrection, Vision (spirituality), Vladimir Solovyov (philosopher), 1st century.