The aim of the course is to lead the students into a theological awareness about the final goal of man and of the universe. Important Themes Discussed in the Course includes the definition, division and the sources of Eschatology. Important Aspects of the Old Testament and New Testament Eschatology, death. Particular Judgment. Prayers for the dead. Heaven. Hell. Parousia and the end of the World, the resurrection of the dead, the eschatological judgment and the new creation and eternal life.
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- Daley. B. E.. The Hope of the Early Church: A Handbook of Patristic Eschatology. Cambridge. 1991.
- Hayes. Z.. Visions of A Future: A Study of Christian Eschatology. Collegeville. 1987.
- Ratzinger. J.. Eschatology, Death and Eternal Life. Washington. 1988.