Very interesting. I am LDS and believe in that Jesus Christ instigated the physical resurrection of all mankind.
However, it was my understanding that the Catholic church didn’t believe in a physical resurrection but more of a spiritual resurrection.
Does the Catholic Church believe in the physical bodily resurrection of all mankind or only those who are heaven bound?
At the moment of our death we will undergo a particular judgment in which we will see our entire life flash before us and either be on our way to heaven, hell or purgatory.
At the final judgment, all souls will be there — sheep separated from the goats — and the sheep will go with Jesus while the goats will be bound for hell.
But our souls are always alive — they just don’t receive their bodies until the final judgment.
We do believe in a physical resurrection, it just happens later. When we die our souls will go to punishment or glory without the body. At the Last Judgment, our bodies and souls will be reunited.
Does the Catholic Church believe in the physical bodily resurrection of all mankind or only those who are heaven bound?
All mankind. From the Baltimore Catechism, which should give you all the info you need:
Q. 1392. In what state will the bodies of the just rise?
A. The bodies of the just will rise glorious and immortal.
Q. 1393. Will the bodies of the damned also rise?
A. The bodies of the damned will also rise, but they will be condemned to eternal punishment.