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<div><div> <br> <h2>CHAPTER 1</h2> <p><b>Saints, Souls and Sinners: The Medieval View and Its Later Developments</b></p> <br> <p>Until nearly five hundred years ago, people throughout Europe were taught a threefold picture of the church: the church triumphant, the church expectant and the church militant. The Reformation changed all that for many parts of Christendom, though the picture is still standard throughout Roman Catholicism. The third division ('the church militant', i.e. Christians alive at the present time) may be left to one side for the moment. What about the first two? What can we say, and what should we say, about Christians who have died?</p> <br> <p><b><i>The church triumphant</i></b></p> <p>'All Saints triumphant, raise the song!' The 'triumphant' saints, according to the traditional medieval view, are the ones who have finally made it. There are, in this picture, some people, some holy souls, who have arrived at the very centre of heaven itself, and who already enjoy the 'beatific vision', the pure and utterly joyful adoration of the living God. Officially, within Roman Catholic dogma, even these souls are still awaiting the eventual resurrection, but this aspe

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Author

N. T. Wright [Wright, N. T.]

Publisher

Morehouse Publishing

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780819226044

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Christian, Religion, Bible

Rating

3.82 / 5 (106 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14