Joseph Ratzinger’s (Benedict XVI) Conceptualization of Eternity

Eschatology reflections of Ratzinger based on the doctrine of Catholic Church which means needy to explain the truth about Heaven, Purgatory and Hell. This article clarifies the understanding of these three categories that reflect the truth about the perspective after death understood not in a reistic way but in personal relationships or their lack.REV. ANDRZEJ PRONIEWSKI – is a priest of the Archdiocese of Białystok and Professor and Director of the Department of Catholic Theology at the University of Białystok; Director of the Theology Studium in Białystok; and Editor of the Annual of Catholic Theology and Studies on Dogmatic Theology. His research focuses on dogmatic theology, hermeneutics, anthropology, the theology of suffering, the theology of Karl Rahner, the theology of Ratzinger/Benedict XVI, ecology, and interreligious dialogue.University of BiałystokBenedict XVI, Encyclical Spe salvi, Vatican City, 2007, http://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_ben-xvi_enc_20071130_spe-salvi.html.Benedict XVI, Homily During the Mass at St. Felicity and Her Children, Martyrs parish, March 25, 2007, http://w2.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/homilies/2007/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20070325_visita-parrocchia.html (Accessed 01.01.2019).Benedict XVI, Homily for the Imposition of the Pallium and Conferral of the Fisherman’s Ring for the Beginning of the Petrine Ministry of the Bishop of Rome, April 24, 2005, http://www.vatican.va/content/benedictxvi/en/homilies/2005/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20050424_inizio-ontificato.html (Accessed 01.01.2019).Benedict XVI, Homily for the Mass for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, August 15, 2010, http://www.vatican.va/content/benedictxvi/en/homilies/2010/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20100815_assunzione. html (Accessed 01.01.2019).Benedict XVI, Homily for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15, 2012, http://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/homilies/2012/documents/hf_ben-xvi_hom_20120815_assunzione.html (Accessed 01.01.2019).Rahner K., Vorgrimler H., Mały słownik teologiczny, Warsaw 1987.Ratzinger J., Opera Omnia, Vol. X, Lublin 2014.Ratzinger J., Śmierć i życie wieczne [Eschatology: Death and Eternal Life], Warsaw 1986.Ratzinger J., Wzniosła Córa Syjonu. Rozważania mariologiczne, Poznan 2002.Seewald P., Ratzinger J., Bóg i świat [God and the World], Cracow 2005.“Vitae Adae et Evae,” Wesley Center Online, http://wesley.nnu.edu/sermons-essays-books/noncanonical-literature/noncanonical-literature-ot-pseudepigrapha/the-books-of-adam-and-eve/ (Accessed 01.01.2019).Żak Ł., “Josepha Ratzingera kultyczna interpretacja dogmatu o wniebowzięciu Maryi,” Salvatoris Mater 9 (2007), nos. 3-4.18436