--- title: What happens after we die? What our church teaches — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «What happens after we die? What our church teaches», a lesson of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: At Sunday school Mrs Patel asks what happens when we die, and Ellie says «You go to heaven»; Christians at Elli --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/) / What happens after we die? What our ch… # What happens after we die? What our church teaches Lesson 72 of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school: 15 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/religion-ethics/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/0/) — At Sunday school Mrs Patel asks what happens when we die, and Ellie says «You go to heaven»; Christians at Ellie's church believe heaven is being with God for ever, with no more pain or tears, and not a place above the clouds that a telescope could find. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/2/) — The vicar explains the creed's words «the resurrection of the body»: Christians believe that at the end of time God will raise the dead to new life with healed bodies that never die, though how is a mystery. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/3/) — The Bible pictures heaven as a city of gold and a house with many rooms; the clouds and harps of cartoons and old paintings are only pictures, and Christians believe heaven is full life with God, not boredom. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/4/) — Some questions have no sure answer: whether Grandad can see Ellie, whether Mia's dog will be in heaven; the vicar says «God loves all he has made» and «God knows each heart better than we do», and Christians leave judging to God. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/5/) — Other faiths and non-religious people see death differently, and in this course every view is treated with respect; this lesson is what Ellie's church teaches. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/6/) — Christians believe heaven is being with God for ever, where there is no more pain or tears. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/7/) — Heaven is not a place in the sky that can be seen with a telescope; the Bible describes it with pictures. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/8/) — Christians believe Jesus died on a cross and rose from the dead on the third day; this is celebrated at Easter. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/9/) — On Easter Sunday Christians greet each other «Christ is risen!» – «He is risen indeed!»; in Ukrainian «Христос воскрес!» – «Воістину воскрес!». - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/11/) — Christians believe Jesus died to show God's love and to take away people's wrongdoing so they can be forgiven; churches explain this in different ways. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/13/) — Catholic, Orthodox and some Anglican Christians pray for the dead, to show love and ask God to look after them; many Protestants thank God for them instead. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/14/) — Christians believe people who die stay themselves with God; they do not turn into angels, who are different beings made by God. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/15/) — «The communion of saints» means that all Christians, living and dead, are joined in God's family. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/17/) — The Bible says little about animals in heaven; some Christians hope God will make all creation new. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/72-what-happens-after-we-die-what-our-church-teaches/19/) — Muslims honour Jesus as a prophet but do not believe he died on the cross; other faiths see Jesus differently. - ← previous: [Scary films, games, hospitals and what helps](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/71-scary-films-games-hospitals-and-what-helps/) - next →: [What other faiths and non-religious people believe](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/73-what-other-faiths-and-non-religious-people-believe/) - ↑ back to [Religion ethics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/)