When does God's judgement take place

• 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