''Benedictus Deus'' is a
papal bull issued in 1336 by Pope
Benedict XII.
This dogma 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
The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Reckoning, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, Day of Resurrection or The Day of the Lord (; ar, یوم القيامة, translit=Yawm al-Qiyāmah or ar, یوم الدین, translit=Yawm ad-Dīn, ...
.
''Benedictus Deus'' on papalencyclicals.net
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See also
* Beatific vision
Notes
14th-century papal bulls
1336 in Europe
Christianity and death
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