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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
- The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus
- Interpretive analysis of the parable
CHAPTER 2: THE SEPARATION OF THE SOUL FROM THE BODY
- Definition of the soul
- The creation and genesis of the soul
- Death and ancestral sin
- The mystery of the soul's departure from the body
- The taxing of souls
- The intermediate state of souls
- The death of infants
CHAPTER 3: EXPERIENCES AFTER DEATH
- Contemporary after-death experiences
- Critique of these experiences from an Orthodox point of view
- The discernment of experiences
CHAPTER 4: THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL
- Immortality of the soul according to philosophy
- Immortality of the soul according to Orthodox theology
- Thnetpsychism and the Orthodox Church
CHAPTER 5: THE PURIFYING FIRE
- The discussions at Ferrara-Florence about the purifying fire
- The teaching of Saint Mark Eugenicus about the purifying fire
- Dogmatic discussion is needed
- Paradise and Hell exist
- There is no purifying fire
- Theological arguments against the existence of a purifying fire
- Interpretation of an Apostolic passage
- Patristic passages in the dialogue
- The eternal fire is Uncreated
- What is the source of the Latin's teaching about the purifying fire
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