LIFE AFTER DEATH (Part 1) - Metropolitan of Nafpaktos Hierotheos

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CHAPTER 1: THE PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS ABOUT LIFE AFTER DEATH

1. The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
2. Interpretive analysis of the parable

CHAPTER 2: THE SEPARATION OF THE SOUL FROM THE BODY

1. Definition of the soul
2. The creation and genesis of the soul
3. Death and ancestral sin
4. The mystery of the soul's departure from the body
5. The taxing of souls
6. The intermediate state of souls
7. The death of infants

CHAPTER 3: EXPERIENCES AFTER DEATH

1. Contemporary after-death experiences
2. Critique of these experiences from an Orthodox point of view
3. The discernment of experiences

CHAPTER 4: THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL

1. Immortality of the soul according to philosophy
2. Immortality of the soul according to Orthodox theology
3. Thnetpsychism and the Orthodox Church

CHAPTER 5: THE PURIFYING FIRE

1. The discussions at Ferrara-Florence about the purifying fire
2. The teaching of Saint Mark Eugenicus about the purifying fire
3. Dogmatic discussion is needed
4. Paradise and Hell exist
5. There is no purifying fire
6. Theological arguments against the existence of a purifying fire
7. Interpretation of an Apostolic passage
8. Patristic passages in the dialogue
9. The eternal fire is Uncreated
10. What is the source of the Latin's teaching about the purifying fire

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