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CONTENTS

Forward Introduction

CHAPTER I. NEW TESTAMENT ESCHATOLOGY

A: Terminological Understanding of the Kingdom of God. B: Characteristics of the Kingdom.

C : Relationship Between the Present and the Future: Escha-tology of the New Testament

CHAPTER II : HOPE

A: General Notion B: Biblical Vocabulary C: Object of Hope D: Motives of Christian Hope E: Scriptural Reflections. F: Theological Reflections

G : Hope Works in the Present in View of the Future.

H: Christian Hope Inseparable from Love Demands the Task of Human Liberation

CHAPTER III: PAROUSIA OF THE LORD

A: Preliminary Section B: Mark Chapter

C: Parousia Doctrine in the Rest of N.T. Teachings

CHAPTER IV : JUDGEMENT

A: Judgement in O.T. B: Judgement in N.T.

C: TraditionConcemingJudgement D: Theological Reflections

CHAPTERV: DEATH

A: Introductory Part

B : Death from the Christian Point of View C: Scriptural Teaching D: Theological Conclusions

CHAPTER VI: HELL

A: Introductory Part B: The Concept of Hell in Scripture C: Nature of the Final Punishment D: Eternity of Hell and the Universal Restoration Theory E: Theological Reflection: Eternal Damnation a Possibility

CHAPTER VII: PURGATORY 107

A: Scripture

B: Tradition from the time of Augustine C: Theological Conclusion: Purgatory- a Final Stage of Purification

CHAPTER VIII: LIFE AFTER LIFE : A LIFE OF

RESURRECTION

A: Introductory Section B: Revelation in the Scripture C: Concluding Section

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