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Repudiation of eternal life
Name(s):
Denial of immortality
Claim
In fine, the rewards and punishments of a future and eternal life having been handed over to oblivion, the ardent desire of happiness has been limited to the bounds of the present. (Papal Encyclical, Quod Apostolici Muneris, 1878).
Reduces
Belief in self-healing
Deluded quest for immortality
Aggravated by
Socialism
Value(s)
Immortality
Life
Self-denial
Denial
Repudiation
Reference(s)
Papal Encyclical: Quod Apostolici Muneris: On socialism
Type
(J) Problems under consideration