Eternal life
What Eternal life means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The spiritual rescue believers achieve through grace, described as salvation leading to eternal life in heaven.
The reward in the age to come promised to anyone who sacrifices family or property for Jesus.
Topics that use Eternal life
- Christianity - 3.1.2.1 Beliefs and teachings (AQA GCSE)
- Theme H: St Mark’s Gospel as a source of religious, moral and spiritual truths (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Sacrifice
- 1st century Jewish context
- Atonement
- Authority
- Authority of Jesus
- Beliefs
- Challenging religious authority
- Compassion and forgiveness
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