The Enchiridion · Chapter 109
The State of the Soul During the Interval Between Death and the Resurrection
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During the time, moreover, which intervenes between a man's death and the final resurrection, the soul dwells in a hidden retreat, where it enjoys rest or suffers affliction just in proportion to the merit it has earned by the life which it led on earth.
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series I, Volume 3, ed. Philip Schaff (1886–89). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.