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  2. Dies irae - Wikipedia

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    Centre panel from Memling's triptych Last Judgment (c. 1467–1471) " Dies irae" (Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈdi.es ˈi.re]; "the Day of Wrath") is a Latin sequence attributed to either Thomas of Celano of the Franciscans (1200–1265) [1] or to Latino Malabranca Orsini (d. 1294), lector at the Dominican studium at Santa Sabina, the forerunner of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas ...

  3. Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Wikipedia

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    The balance in the rider's hand is not associated with a man weighing out bread for his family but with buying and selling corn and other grains. During the time of the apostle John's exile in Patmos, the balance was commonly a symbol of justice since it was used to weigh grains for a set price.

  4. Divine retribution - Wikipedia

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    The wrath of God is mentioned in at least twenty verses of the New Testament. Examples are: John 3:36 – John the Baptist declares that whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son, or in some English translations, does not believe the Son, [18] shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. [19]

  5. The righteous perishes - Wikipedia

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    The righteous perishes are the words with which the 57th chapter of the Book of Isaiah start. In Christianity , Isaiah 57:1–2 is associated with the death of Christ , leading to liturgical use of the text at Tenebrae : the 24th responsory for Holy Week , "Ecce quomodo moritur justus" (See how the just dies), is based on this text.

  6. List of Latin phrases (D) - Wikipedia

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    died without issue: Used in genealogical records, often abbreviated as d.s.p., to indicate a person who died without having had any children. decessit sine prole legitima: died without legitimate issue: Used in genealogical records, often abbreviated as d.s.p.l., to indicate a person who died without having had any children with a spouse.

  7. Harrowing of Hell - Wikipedia

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    The Old Testament view of the afterlife was that all people when they died, whether righteous or unrighteous, went to Sheol, a dark, still place. [8] Several works from the Second Temple period elaborate the concept of Sheol, dividing it into sections based on the righteousness or unrighteousness of those who have died.

  8. Invictus - Wikipedia

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    There is agreement that much of the dark descriptions in the opening lines make reference to Hell. Later, the fourth stanza of the poem alludes to a phrase from the King James Bible , which says, at Matthew 7:14 , "Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."

  9. Psalm 37 - Wikipedia

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    A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.