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Catechism of the Catholic Church
 The Resurrection of the Dead
- True or false. Our salvation consists in discarding the flesh of our bodies in order to become purely spiritual beings in heaven.
- True or false. Even though our body is mortal, it can still rise to an everlasting life.
- Our death and resurrection consist of:
- the separation of our body and soul, and the reunion of our soul with a transformed body.
- the separation of our soul from our body, and the entrance of the soul into heaven.
- the corruption of both the body and soul, and their glorified resurrection in heaven on the last day.
- the death of the body with the continued existence of the soul, and the reunion of the soul with Christ's glorified body.
- None of the above.
- True or false. Only those who have done good will be resurrected.
- True or false. If man had not sinned, even our mortal bodies would have been immune from death.
- True or false. Jesus' death for us is only meritorious because it occurred against his will.
- Fill in the appropriate phrase: "The saying is sure: if we have . . . , we will also live with him" (2 Tim 2:11).
- done good in this life
- lived for him
- died with him
- accepted Jesus into our hearts
- mortified the flesh for him
- True of false. The idea of reincarnation is not irreconcilable with Church teaching.
- True or false. Belief in the resurrection began with Abraham in light of the promise of resurrection God made to him.
- True or false. The Eucharist helps us to understand the resurrection and change of our bodies.
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