Talk:Heaven in Christianity

'General' section header
You can separate the lede paragraph from the body by placing, or TOC left clear between them, rather than having a section header. It seems meaningless to me. Or you could call it "Bible references". Elizium23 (talk) 02:43, 8 March 2011 (UTC)


 * I think it might still technically be part of the intro, unless it has a separate header per MOS. "general" still seems a better title to me, but maybe there is something else better. Til Eulenspiegel (talk) 03:20, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

Lower case "H"?
Okay, I know Wikipedia is a very diverse site, as this is a diverse world, but Heaven (whether real or not) is a place and I think it should be capitilized as such, just like you would capatalize New York or Germany. I have not trying to shove my Christian/Catholics beliefs on anyone. Believe me, I have friends that are Atheists, but I'm just saying Wikipedia would capatlize "Olympus", or "Hades", or "Oz". Even though people don't believe in such places. Peace -Angel David (talk) 01:06, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Early Christian writing
I have removed the words "such as Paul of Tarsus", which instance Paul as believing that the Kingdom was coming in the lifetime of the first Christians. Paul precisely combated such a belief. Chs 4 and 5 of 1 Thess warn the Thessalonians who were in expectation of an immediate coming of Christ, that no one knows when the "day of the Lord" will come, except that it will be "like a thief in the night" (1 Thess 4:13-18; 5:1-2), while the whole of 1 Cor 15 is about the resurrection of the dead at the final coming of Christ.Unimpeder (talk) 09:41, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Roman Catholicism
John Paul II, in the discourse quoted, is tracing the development from the Old to the New Testament of the notion of heaven. To quote his references to 'metaphors' about heaven, or heaven as 'an image of God', is to miss the substance of the New Testament revelation which he goes on to present. I have substituted the later part of his address of July 21, 1999 for the earlier passage. Old Text: "The Bible uses a metaphorical image of heaven as part of the physical universe: "Metaphorically speaking, heaven is understood as the dwelling-place of God ... The depiction of heaven as the transcendent dwelling-place of the living God is joined with that of the place to which believers, through grace, can also ascend, as we see in the Old Testament accounts of Enoch and Elijah. Thus heaven becomes an image of life in God. In this sense Jesus speaks of a 'reward in heaven' and urges people to 'lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven'." New text: "The New Testament amplifies the idea of heaven in relation to the mystery of Christ. To show that the Redeemer's sacrifice acquires perfect and definitive value, the Letter to the Hebrews says that Jesus "passed through the heavens" (Heb 4:14), and "entered, not into a sanctuary made with hands, a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself" (ibid., 9:24). Since believers are loved in a special way by the Father, they are raised with Christ and made citizens of heaven... After the course of our earthly life, participation in complete intimacy with the Father thus comes through our insertion into Christ's paschal mystery..."Unimpeder (talk) 13:31, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

Have added paragraph to bring out development from Old Testament to New, in the concept of being able to 'see' God. Unimpeder (talk) 14:29, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Those admitted to Heaven
The cited source (Ehrman, 2006) says nothing about neither the elect nor believers in Jesus going to Heaven. So you're going to need to find another source that says who goes there. It may be necessary to split that statement into sectarian beliefs. Elizium23 (talk) 04:39, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
 * It appears we both created a new section on this topic at the same time. Would you like to continue the discussion in this section and delete my created section, or vice versa? Alexroller (talk) 04:42, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Fundamental Christian principles teach that belief in Jesus will assure admission to Heaven. There is no biblical passage or document that states admission for the "elect". This is why I changed the criteria originally and why I reverted Til Eulenspiegel's reversion of my original edit. If anyone disagrees with me and can provide evidence, I will gladly revert my own reversion. I am definitely not trying to start an edit war. Thank you. Alexroller (talk) 04:40, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Fundamental Catholic and Orthodox Christian principles, as well as the Book of James, refute the position of sola fide and hold that we are justified by faith and works. This is why I have suggested that it be split and identified as differing sectarian viewpoints. Elizium23 (talk) 04:59, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The Catholic Encyclopedia states, There is a heaven, i.e., God will bestow happiness and the richest gifts on all those who depart this life free from original sin and personal mortal sin, and who are, consequently, in the state of justice and friendship with God. Elizium23 (talk) 15:37, 21 January 2012 (UTC)
 * The Holy Orthodox Church, in keeping with Scripture and the most ancient Christian doctrine, teaches that all people come into the presence of God in the afterlife. Some will bask in joy because of that infinite love, glory, light, power, and truth that is Almighty God. Others will cower in fear and be in torment DUE TO THAT SAME PRESENCE. All the same, there will be some kind of separation or "great gulf". Elizium23 (talk) 18:58, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

The section on the Swedenborgian view of Heaven is not neutral, stating swedenborgian views as fact. Additionally, the section adopts a conversational tone inappropriate for an encylopedia.114.41.0.41 (talk) 06:29, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Requested move 9 July 2016

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Andrewa (talk) 09:59, 17 July 2016 (UTC)

– per WP:NATURAL and WP:CONSISTENCY with Heaven in Judaism. ✉cookiemonster✉ 𝚨755𝛀   03:09, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Heaven (Christianity) → Heaven in Christianity
 * Support per nom. Jujutsuan  ( Please notify with &#123;&#123;re&#125;&#125; talk &#x7C; contribs) 00:30, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Support: per WP:NATURAL and WP:CONSISTENCY. Ebonelm (talk) 00:32, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Support It seems to be a more natural title and removes ambiguity. Dimadick (talk) 13:54, 11 July 2016 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

Requested move

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: Not moved, early close per WP:SNOW. — JFG talk 22:37, 7 August 2016 (UTC)

Heaven in Christianity → You forgot to lower-case the "C". 31.52.4.146 (talk) 10:32, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

CN¥
 * Oppose. "Christianity" is a proper name; the current title is entirely correct. 64.105.98.115 (talk) 15:09, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Christianity is capitalized. kennethaw88 • talk 15:55, 6 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose what is up with all these disruptive requested moves lately at WP:RM? Anyway, we just had a requested move and Christianity is proper name. Ḉɱ̍ 2nd anniv.   19:02, 6 August 2016 (UTC)