Benedictus Deus (Benedict XII)

Benedictus Deus is a papal bull issued in 1336 by Pope Benedict XII.[1]

This dogma, widely recited in Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, defined the Church's belief that the souls of the departed go to their eternal reward immediately after death, as opposed to remaining in a state of unconscious existence until the Last Judgment.[1]

See also

References
  1. Sommer 2021, p. 326.

Sources
  • Sommer, Michael (2021). "Between Jewish and Egyptian Thinking: The Apocalypse of Sophonias as a Bridge between Two Worlds?". In Konradt, Matthias; Lieu, Judith; Nasrallah, Laura; Schröter, Jens; Sterling, Gregory E. (eds.). Dreams, Visions, Imaginations: Jewish, Christian and Gnostic Views of the World to Come. De Gruyter. pp. 319–342.

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