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General judgment is the Christian theological concept of a judgment of the souls of the dead by nation and as a whole. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings Theology is the study of a god or the gods from a religious perspective It is related closely to Judgment day but is not necessarily part of any eschatology. In Christian eschatology, the Last Judgment or Day of the Lord is the judgment by God of every human who ever lived Eschatology (from the Greek, Eschatos meaning "last" and -logy meaning "the study of" is a part of Theology It is generally contrasted with particular judgment. Particular judgment, according to Christian Eschatology, is the judgement given by God a departed Soul undergoes immediately after death in

The position is hinted several places in the Old Testament and fewer places in the New, although the Catholic Encyclopedia says "Few truths are more often or more clearly proclaimed in Scripture than that of the general judgment". In Western Christianity, the Old Testament refers to the books that form the first of the two-part Christian Biblical canon. The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia ^[1] When the individual dies, general judgment holds that the person's final dispensation will await the general judgment of the dead at the end of the world, rather than be judged immediately. Additionally, "general judgment" may refer not only to the judging of each person, but also to the judgment of nations and peoples.

The concept of Last Judgment is similar but unique. In Christian eschatology, the Last Judgment or Day of the Lord is the judgment by God of every human who ever lived Various Last Judgment scenarios represent different forms of a general judgment, such as a global last judgment or a national last judgment. It is more concerned with the depictions and descriptions of particular versions.

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^ "General Judgment". Catholic Encyclopedia. The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language Encyclopedia published by The Encyclopedia (1913). New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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