The day when *God will judge all humanity according to their deeds. Although belief in reward and punishment is one of *Maimonides’ Thirteen *Principles of the Jewish Faith, there was no agreement as to the exact course of events. *Saadiah Gaon...

In Christian eschatology, the Last Judgment or Day of the Lord is the judgment by Jesus Christ of every human who ever lived. It will take place after the resurrection of the dead and the Second Coming (Revelation 20:12–15). This belief has inspired...

The Last Judgment in an Initial C after an illumination by Lorenzo Monaco For Caelum maybe, the gold leaf translating the light of the sky onto vellum, that luminous ground from which Christ emerges like a diver knifing back through the surface, his upper...

I AT THE END OF A VERY LONG DISCUSSION with interlocutors who grow angrier and angrier with him, Socrates tells a story about the judgment of souls in the afterlife. He addresses the myth to Callicles, his final interlocutor, in the explicitly...

Pope Benedict XVI strongly criticized atheism in a major document released Friday, saying it had led to some of the "greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice" ever known.In his second encyclical, Benedict also critically questioned modern Christianity, saying its focus on individual salvation...

Pope Benedict XVI strongly criticized atheism in a major document released Friday, saying it had led to some of the "greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice" ever known.In his second encyclical, Benedict also critically questioned modern Christianity, saying its focus on individual salvation...

The Last Judgment dealt with an especially evocative subject, and Michelangelo engaged viewers by creating highly imaginative scenes tempering fear with hope and by referring to contemporary events. However there were conflicting views and interpretations of The Last Judgement that continued to present-day.