{"id":3597,"date":"2024-05-24T19:19:48","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/do-cats-go-to-heaven\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T21:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T21:51:47","slug":"do-cats-go-to-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/do-cats-go-to-heaven\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfVan los gatos al cielo? La Biblia no lo dice y los cristianos no se ponen de acuerdo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The Bible never tells us whether cats go to heaven. No verse describes an animal&#039;s life after death, and Ecclesiastes 3:21, which asks the question, leaves it open. Christians have answered it both ways. Thomas Aquinas taught that an animal&#039;s soul dies with its body, while John Wesley and C. S. Lewis saw room for animals in the new creation. So we hold the question open, as Ecclesiastes does, and we hold on to what Scripture does give us, which\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible does not say whether cats go to heaven. What Isaiah 11, Romans 8 and Revelation 21 show, and what Aquinas, Wesley and C. S. Lewis said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[78],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-3597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biblical-debates"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5438,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/biblical-debates-do-pets-and-animals-go-to-heaven\/","url_meta":{"origin":3597,"position":0},"title":"Do Pets and Animals Go to Heaven? The Bible Leaves It to God","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"junio 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"No verse says animals go to heaven. 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