The Enchiridion 109The State of the Soul During the Interval Between Death and the Resurrection.

Augustine · The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Series I Volume III: On the Holy Trinity, Doctrinal Treatises, Moral Treatises by Philip Schaff

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During the time, moreover, which intervenes between a man's death and the final resurrection, the soul dwells in a hidden retreat, where it enjoys rest or suffers affliction just in proportion to the merit it has earned by the life which it led on earth.