Spirit prison is believed by some Christians including, most notably, Latter-day Saints, to be a place where people who have not had the opportunity to learn and accept the Gospel of Jesus Christ while living will be able to receive it in the afterlife, after death and before Judgment. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth A Latter This article is about the canonical books of the New Testament Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) AfterLife is a film drama set in Scotland directed by Alison Peebles made in 2003 about an ambitious Scottish journalist forced to choose between In Christian eschatology, the Last Judgment or Day of the Lord is the judgment by God of every human who ever lived
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Latter-day Saints
- Further information: Outer darkness
Latter-day Saints believe that "spirit prison" (a name based on the phrase "the spirits in prison" in the KJV translation of 1 Peter 3:19) is a holding area for those who did not receive knowledge of the gospel of Jesus Christ while on earth, and others that were not valiant in their testimonies. In Christianity, the outer darkness is a place referred to three times in the Gospel of Matthew (812 2213 and 2530 into which a person may be "cast out"
Those in spirit prison have the opportunity to learn the gospel of Jesus Christ, repent of their sins, and receive the ordinances of baptism and confirmation (by proxy) through the work done in modern day LDS temples. Baptism for the dead, vicarious baptism or proxy baptism is the religious practice of baptizing a living person on behalf of an individual who is dead In the When they do, they may enter paradise, where those who have accepted Jesus Christ wait for Judgment (Doctrine & Covenants 138:30–35).
Other religious traditions
In Christianity, the more common doctrine is that after death there is no opportunity to repent.
The 1 Peter 3:19 phrase, with its reference to Christ having already visited the spirits in question, is usually interpreted in line with the image of the Harrowing of Hell. The Harrowing of Hell is a doctrine in Christian theology referenced in the Apostles' Creed and the Athanasian Creed (Quicumque vult, which states that
The concept that the dead await a general resurrection and judgment either in blessed rest or in suffering, in accordance with a particular judgement already passed on each individually, was a common 1st-century Jewish belief (see Lazarus and Dives and bosom of Abraham). Particular judgment, according to Christian Eschatology, is the judgement given by God a departed Soul undergoes immediately after death in Dives and Lazarus or Lazarus and Dives is a narrative attributed to Jesus that is reported only in the Gospel of Luke ( See also Intermediate state The phrase " Bosom of Abraham " refers to the place of comfort in Sheol (Greek hades A similar concept is taught in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was championed by John Calvin (who vigorously opposed Luther's doctrine of soul sleep), and is reflected in some early church writers. The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world John Calvin (or Jean Calvin) (10 July 1509 – 27 May 1564 was a French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation and Martin Luther (November 10 1483 February 18 1546 was a German Monk, theologian, university professor Father of Protestantism, and church reformer See also Intermediate state In Christian theology, soul sleep is a belief that the Soul sleeps unconsciously between the Death of the It appears in Islam as barzakh, and also in 9th-century Zoroastrian writing (after and perhaps due to two centuries of Muslim influence and several more of Christian influence). For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. In Islamic eschatology, Barzakh (برزخ is the Intermediate state in which the Soul of the deceased is transferred across the boundaries of the Zoroastrianism (ˌzɔroʊˈæstriəˌnɪzəm is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings
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