When does God's judgement take place

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    • What did Irenaeus believe ?
      We do not enter heaven until the final day of judgement - people exist in a perfect state of happiness after death until this point
    • What did John Calvin argue?
      The dead are conscious either in peaceful bliss or pain - whatever God has chosen for them
    • What do people like martyrs , saints and prophets believed to have?
      'Fast track to heaven' - popular Christian view known as 'particular judgement'
    • What did thief of the cross state?
      "today you will be with me in paradise" - suggests judgement is immediate and based on actions on earth
    • What suggests God's judgement does not take place immediately?
      Purgatory - can work off sins and be judged at a later point
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