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Mortalist writers, such as Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan, have often argued that the doctrine of natural (or innate) immortality stems not from Hebrew thought as presented in the Bible, but rather from pagan influence, particularly Greek philosophy and the teachings of Plato, or Christian tradition. [50]
As the new Encyclopædia Britannica points out: “The early Christian philosophers adopted the Greek concept of the soul’s immortality and thought of the soul as being created by God and infused into the body at conception.” [31] Inherent immortality of the soul was accepted among western and eastern theologians throughout the Middle Ages ...
In Christian theology, conditionalism or conditional immortality is a concept in which the gift of immortality is attached to (conditional upon) belief in Jesus Christ. This concept is based in part upon another biblical argument, that the human soul is naturally mortal , immortality (" eternal life ") is therefore granted by God as a gift.
Immortality in religion refers usually to either the belief in physical immortality or a more spiritual afterlife. In traditions such as ancient Egyptian beliefs, Mesopotamian beliefs and ancient Greek beliefs, the immortal gods consequently were considered to have physical bodies.
In the last six decades, conditional immortality—or better "immortality by grace" (κατὰ χάριν ἀθανασία, kata charin athanasia)—of the soul has been widely accepted among Eastern Orthodox theologians by returning to the views of the late 2nd century, where immortality was still considered as a gift granted with the value ...
The Ladder of Divine Ascent is an important icon kept and exhibited at Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, situated at the base of Mount Sinai in Egypt. The gold ground is typical of icons such as this, which was manufactured in the 12th century after a manuscript written by the 6th century monk John Climacus who based it on the biblical description of Jacob's ladder.
The Passion Translation (TPT) is a book in modern English, and is alternatively described as a translation [1] or an interpretive paraphrase [2] [3] of parts of the bible—as of early 2025, the New Testament, the Psalms, and an increasing number of further books from the Hebrew Bible.
In Mormonism, translation refers to being physically changed by God from a mortal human being to an immortal human being. A person that has been translated is referred to as a translated being . According to Mormonism, Enoch , Elijah, Moses , John the Apostle , the Three Nephites , and others were translated.