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Also means 'to fail' or 'to go bankrupt'. Go for a Burton: To die/break irreparably Informal British, from WWII. Go to Davy Jones's locker [2] To drown or otherwise die at sea: Euphemistic: Peregrine Pickle describes Davy Jones as 'the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep'. Go to the big [place] in the sky To die and go to ...
A man tired with his daily labour... sleeps. But his soul does not sleep (Anima autem non-sic dormit) but is awake (sed vigilat). It experiences visions and the discourses of the angels and of God. Therefore, the sleep in the future life is deeper than it is in this life. Nevertheless, the soul lives to God. This is the likeness to the sleep of ...
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Article XXII of the Thirty-Nine Articles states that "The Romish Doctrine concerning Purgatory . . . is a fond thing, vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God." [105] Prayers for the departed were deleted from the 1552 Book of Common Prayer because they suggested a doctrine of purgatory.
Now I lay me down to sleep is a Christian children's bedtime prayer from the 18th century. ... As God has kept me through the night; And now I lift my voice to pray,
"And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." (cf. Gen 2:7) The text of Genesis 2:7 clearly states that God breathed into the formed man the "breath of life" and man became a living soul. He did not receive a living soul; he became one.
The Angel of Death receives his orders from God (Ber. 62b). As soon as he has received permission to destroy, however, he makes no distinction between good and bad (B. Ḳ. 60a). In the city of Luz, the Angel of Death has no power, and, when the aged inhabitants are ready to die, they go outside the city (Soṭah 46b; compare Sanh. 97a).
The Roman Catechism adds that human concepts of heaven (living like a king, heaven being the most perfect paradise, one enjoying the ultimate union with God, the realization of one's potential and ideals, the achievement of godhood, materialistic fulfillment (wealth, power, feast, pleasure, leisure, etc.), eternal rest, reunion with loved ones ...