The French weekly magazine La Vie explains why belief in a paradise ​ — whether on earth or in heaven — ​ has been abandoned, at least in the Catholic Church: “After dominating Catholic pastoral teachings for at least 19 centuries, [the notion of a] paradise has disappeared from spiritual retreats, Sunday sermons, theology courses, and catechism classes. ”
त्यांना पृथ्वीचे वतन मिळेल, ” आणि “जसे स्वर्गात तसे पृथ्वीवरहि तुझ्या इच्छेप्रमाणे होवो, ” हे येशूचे शब्द, शास्त्रवचनांतील सर्वांत प्रसिद्ध उताऱ्‍यांतील आहेत.