Intermediate State
What becomes of the soul between death and the resurrection of the body?
The intermediate state is the condition of the soul between bodily death and the final resurrection. Passages such as Luke 16, along with Tertullian and later scholastic discussion, reflect on it. Traditions differ on what it involves: some hold conscious bliss or torment, others speak of a kind of soul sleep, and others of a purification. Christians thus share the question while disagreeing about how the waiting is experienced.
How it traveled
- LukeRome · 84explains
- RevelationPatmos · 100explains
- The Resurrection of the DeadAlexandria · 190explains
- A Treatise on the Soul.— · 220explains
- On the Resurrection of the Flesh.— · 220explains
- Aphrahat: Select DemonstrationsMosul · 345explains
- Ephraim Syrus: The Nisibene HymnsEdessa · 373explains
- Life of Antony. (Vita Antoni.)Alexandria · 373explains
- Select Orations of Saint Gregory NazianzenNazianzus · 390explains
- On the Soul and the ResurrectionNyssa · 395explains
- On the Decease of His Brother SatyrusMilan · 397explains
- The Homilies of St. John ChrysostomConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on Philippians, Colossians, and ThessaloniansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the HebrewsConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- Homilies on First CorinthiansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- Homilies on Second CorinthiansConstantinople (Istanbul) · 407explains
- The Letters of St. JeromeBethlehem · 420explains
- City of GodHippo Regius · 430explains
- Expositions on the Book of PsalmsHippo Regius · 430explains
- Letters of St. AugustinHippo Regius · 430explains
- A Treatise on the Soul and its OriginHippo Regius · 430explains
- The EnchiridionHippo Regius · 430explains
- Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel According to St. JohnHippo Regius · 430explains
- On Care to Be Had for the DeadHippo Regius · 430explains
- The ConfessionsHippo Regius · 430explains
- Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New TestamentHippo Regius · 430explains
- Treatise on Man (qq[75]-102)Paris · 1274explains
- Treatise on the Incarnation (qq[1]-59)Paris · 1274explains
- Book Second. of the Knowledge of God the Redeemer, in Christ, as First Manifested to the Fathers, Under the Law, and Thereafter to Us Under the GospelGeneva · 1564explains
- Book Third. the Mode of Obtaining the Grace of Christ. the Benefits It Confers, and the Effects Resulting from ItGeneva · 1564explains
Key passages(20)
Seventeen Occasional Sermons · Jonathan Edwards
The Enchiridion · Augustine of Hippo
A Treatise on the Soul and its Origin · Augustine of Hippo
A Treatise on the Soul. · Apologetic
Against Heresies: Book II · Irenaeus of Lyons
Aphrahat: Select Demonstrations · Aphrahat
Expositions on the Book of Psalms · Augustine of Hippo
Five Sermons. On Different Occasions · Jonathan Edwards
Homilies on Second Corinthians · John Chrysostom
Letters of St. Augustin · Augustine of Hippo
On Care to Be Had for the Dead · Augustine of Hippo
On the Soul and the Resurrection · Gregory of Nyssa
Select Orations of Saint Gregory Nazianzen · Gregory of Nazianzus
Seventeen Occasional Sermons · Jonathan Edwards
Seventeen Occasional Sermons · Jonathan Edwards
Seventeen Occasional Sermons · Jonathan Edwards