The phenomenon of human death in the light of the teachings of the Second Vatican Council (Christian-theological vision of the problem)

Abstract

It is known that modern philosophy understands death as a denial of the reality of life (human being) and, on the contrary, the establishment of non-being. Death fixes the existence of specific manifestations of life on Earth (nature, society, man as an individual). For a long time (from ancient culture to modern times), the explanation of the phenomenon of human death was dominated by a religious point of view, which presented death not as an end but as a prerequisite for the further transformation of life (immortality). In the future, we present the very Christian-theological vision of the problem.