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Faith Q&A › Catechism › 1. The Gift of Death and the Resurrected Life in Christ

What kinds of death are there?

The answer

The Holy Bible mentions three kinds of death:

a. The natural death of the body, where person loses his present life because of the

separation of the soul from the body. The fruit of the disobedience of Adam and Eve is that all humanity has fallen under this death of the body.

g. Spiritual death, which is the separation of a person from his Creator and Savior who

is the source of his sanctification, renewal, and his preparation for glory.

h. Eternal death, which is when a person isolates himself eternally from God and clings

to this isolation; and therefore tastes the bitter fruit of his own disobedience which is deprivation of eternal life. This is the second death that is mentioned in the Book of Revelation: “Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death” (Rev. 20:14).

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volumes 1 and 2, Books 1–7. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.