Undines ( / ˈ ʌ n d iː n z , ə n ˈ d iː n z / ; also ondines ) are a category of elemental beings associated with water, stemming from the alchemical writings of Paracelsus . Later writers developed the undine into a water nymph in its own right, and it continues to live in modern literature and art through such adaptations as Danish Hans Christian Andersen 's 1837 " The Little Mermaid " and the 1811 novella Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué .
75-510: Ondine is a variation of undine , the category of elemental beings associated with water Ondine may also refer to: Undine The term Undine first appears in the alchemical writings of Paracelsus , a Renaissance alchemist and physician. It derives from the Latin word unda , meaning "wave", and first appears in Paracelsus' A Book on Nymphs, Sylphs, Pygmies, and Salamanders, and on
150-426: A Rapture -like removal of all righteous believers before the end. A " Day of Resurrection " of the dead ( yawm al-qiyāmah ), will be announced by a trumpet blast. Resurrection will be followed by a "Day of Judgment" ( yawm ad-din ) where all human beings who have ever lived will be held accountable for their deeds by being judged by God. Depending on the verdict of the judgement, they will be sent for eternity to either
225-473: A near-death experience – that after the death of the physical body, at the end of each physical lifetime and after the life review period (which occurs before the silver cord is broken), a judgment occurs, more akin to a Final Review or End Report over one's life , where the life of the subject is fully evaluated and scrutinized. This judgment is seen as being mentioned in Hebrews 9 :27, which states that "it
300-441: A "superior version" was published by American churchman Thomas Tracy in 1839 and reprinted in 1824, 1840, 1844, and 1845; he estimates that by 1966 almost a hundred English versions had been printed, including adaptations for children. Edgar Allan Poe was profoundly influenced by Fouqué's tale, according to Pollin, which may have come about through Poe's broad reading of Walter Scott and Samuel Taylor Coleridge : Scott had derived
375-875: A Water Spirit by the name of Undine who is contracted to the Queen of the Heart Kingdom. There is also a Fire Spirit, Salamander, who used to be partnered with Fana of the Eye of the Midnight Sun before she was released from her enchantment. Salamander then transferred to Captain Fuegoleon of the Crimson Lion Kings. One of the main characters, Yuno, a member of the Golden Dawn, has the Wind Spirit Sylph, who he names Bell. Currently there
450-522: A distant future as they acquire a superior grade of consciousness and altruism . At the present period, the process of human evolution is conducted by means of successive rebirths in the physical world and the salvation is seen as being mentioned in Revelation 3 :12 ( KJV ), which states "Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God and he shall go no more out ". However, this western esoteric tradition states – like those who have had
525-427: A fisherman six months later. On meeting Ondine again on the day of his wedding to Bertha, Hans tells her that "all the things my body once did by itself, it does now only by special order ... A single moment of inattention and I forget to breathe". Hans and Ondine kiss, and he dies. Critics have pointed out that medical texts on the syndrome frequently misinterpret Ondine as a vengeful or malevolent character; in
600-595: A huge monster, an image of Anglo-Saxon origin. The damned often include figures of high rank, wearing crowns, mitres, and often the Papal tiara during the lengthy periods when there were antipopes , or in Protestant depictions. There may be detailed depictions of the torments of the damned. The most famous Renaissance depiction is Michelangelo Buonarroti 's The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel . Included in this fresco
675-587: A human, although it likely also borrows from the 17th-century Rosicrucian novel Comte de Gabalis . Ondine was the title of one of the poems in Aloysius Bertrand 's collection Gaspard de la Nuit of 1842. This poem inspired the first movement of Maurice Ravel 's 1908 piano suite Gaspard de la nuit . The character of Mélisande from Maurice Maeterlinck 's symbolist play Pelléas et Mélisande has been seen as an Undine figure. Debussy , Sibelius , Fauré , and Schoenberg all wrote music adaptions of
750-470: A view held by Paracelsus according to his Liber de Nymphis . These spirits are like unto human beings, but not endowed with immortal souls . But Undines ("water women", "water people" ) in particular are able to consort with humans more than the spirits of other elements, and are most capable of entering into marriage with a human male, thus earning a kernel of the immortality. The children born to her will be imparted with human souls as well. For this reason,
825-557: A view which was professed by Paracelsus. The offspring of a union between an undine and a man are humans with a soul, but also with some kind of aquatic characteristic, called a watermark. Moses Binswanger, the protagonist in Hansjörg Schneider 's Das Wasserzeichen (1997), has a cleft in his throat, for instance, which must be periodically submerged in water to prevent it from becoming painful. The ancient Greek philosopher Empedocles ( c. 490 – c. 430 BC )
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#1732852727389900-674: A white throne, surrounded by the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), John the Baptist , the Apostles , saints and angels . Beneath the throne the scene is divided in half with the "mansions of the righteous" ( John 14:2 ), i.e., those who have been saved , to Jesus' right (the viewer's left), and the torments of those who have been damned to his left. Separating the two is the river of fire which proceeds from Jesus' left foot. For more detail, see below. The theme of
975-525: Is a common theme in medieval and renaissance religious iconography. Like most early iconographic innovations, its origins stem from Byzantine art , although it was a less common subject than in the West during the Middle Ages. In Western Christianity, it is often the subject depicted in medieval cathedrals and churches, either outside on the central tympanum of the entrance or inside on the (rear) west wall, so that
1050-421: Is a female element. They are usually found in forest pools and waterfalls, and their beautiful singing voices are sometimes heard over the sound of water. The group contains many species, including nereides , limnads , naiades , mermaids and potamides . What undines lack, compared to humans, is an immortal soul . Marriage with a human shortens their lives on Earth, but earns them an immortal human soul,
1125-615: Is also known as Ondine's curse. Ondine, the eponymous heroine of Giraudoux's play, tells her future husband Hans, whom she has just met, that "I shall be the shoes of your feet ... I shall be the breath of your lungs". Ondine makes a pact with her uncle, the King of the Ondines, that if Hans ever deceives her he will die. After their honeymoon Hans is reunited with his first love, the Princess Bertha, and Ondine leaves him, only to be captured by
1200-468: Is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment ". Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) had a revelation that the church has gone through a series of Last Judgments. First, during Noah's Flood, then Moses on Mount Sinai, Jesus' crucifixion, and finally in 1757, which is the final Last Judgment. These occur in a realm outside earth and heaven, and are spiritual in nature. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) teaches that
1275-455: Is called a Deesis group in Orthodoxy). Saint Michael is often shown, either weighing the deceased on scales or directing matters, and there might be a large crowd of saints, angels, and the saved around the central group. At the bottom of the composition a crowd of the deceased are shown, often with some rising from their graves. These are being sorted and directed by angels into the saved and
1350-517: Is his self-portrait, as St. Bartholomew 's flayed skin. The image in Eastern Orthodox icons has a similar composition, but usually less space is devoted to hell, and there are often a larger number of scenes; the Orthodox readiness to label figures with inscriptions often allows more complex compositions. There is more often a large group of saints around Christ (which may include animals), and
1425-498: Is mentioned in many chapters of the Quran , according to some interpretations. The Last Judgment has inspired numerous artistic depictions, including painting, sculpture and evangelical work. In Judaism , beliefs vary. Rosh HaShanah is sometimes referred to as a 'day of judgement', but it is not conceptualized as the Day of Judgement. Some rabbis hold that there will be a future day following
1500-600: Is mentioned in the VOCALOID song " Kochira, Koufuku Anshin Iinkai desu ( こちら、幸福安心委員会です ) " by Utata-P. In 1972 the American rock Band Blue Oyster Cult's debut album, the song "Workshop of Telescopes" mentions Undine "By silverfish imperatrix, whose incorrupted eye Sees through the charms of doctors and their wives, By salamander, drake, and the power that was Undine." The band is known for its references to alchemy in other songs. In
1575-687: Is narrated from the first-person perspective of the water nymph itself. Japanese pianist Yukie Nishimura composed a piece of piano music titled Undine in late 1980s. The composer Carl Reinecke wrote the "Sonata Undine" for flute and piano, opus 167, first published in 1882. In an issue of DC Comics "The Super Friends" (issue #14 published 1978), the heroes battle a group of people calling themselves "The Elementals". When The Elementals are defeated, they reveal that they are elemental spirits who have possessed humans, in an attempt to become heroes to do good and earn souls. The Elementals call themselves Gnome, Sylph, Salamander, and Undine. Undine ( ウンディーネ )
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#17328527273891650-576: Is no Earth Spirit that has been revealed, but the manga is ongoing. Species 8472, introduced in Star Trek: Voyager , became known as the Undine in Star Trek Online . The main protagonist of the 2015 webcomic Sleepless Domain is named Undine Wells , and is a magical girl with the ability to control water. She is a member of Team Alchemical, a group of magical girls collectively themed around
1725-617: Is one of the six articles of faith . The trials and tribulations associated with it are detailed in both the Quran and the hadith , (sayings of Muhammad ), from whence they are elaborated on in the creeds, Quranic commentaries ( tafsịrs ), and theological writing, eschatological manuals, whose authors include al-Ghazali , Ibn Kathir , Ibn Majah , Muhammad al-Bukhari , and Ibn Khuzaymah . According to some Islamic teachings, there are two categories of heaven: those who go directly to it and those who enter it after enduring some torment in hell; Also,
1800-479: Is shown as a snake, it attempts to bite Adam on the heel but, as he is protected by Christ, is unsuccessful. Belief in Judgment Day ( Arabic : یوم القيامة , romanized : Yawm al-qiyāmah , lit. 'Day of Resurrection' or Arabic : یوم الدین , romanized : Yawm ad-din , lit. 'Day of Judgement') is considered a fundamental tenet of faith by all Muslims. It
1875-412: The classical elements of alchemical tradition; her teammates' names also allude to other elemental spirits from Paracelsus' writings. The 2015 video game Undertale (and its alternate universe sequel, Deltarune ) contains a character named Undyne, a fish-like woman who is likely named after the undine. In 2017 Ryan Jude Novelline created a gown that he displayed at New York Comic Con based on
1950-476: The hetoimasia or "empty throne", containing a cross, is usually shown below Christ, often guarded by archangels; figures representing Adam and Eve may kneel below it or below Christ. A distinctive feature of the Orthodox composition, especially in Russian icons, is a large band leading like a chute from the feet of Christ down to hell; this may resemble a striped snake or be a "river of Fire" coloured flame red. If it
2025-556: The resurrection of the dead and "our 'mortal body' will come to life again." The Catholic Church teaches that at the time of the Last Judgment Christ will come in His glory , and all the angels with him, and in his presence the truth of each one's deeds will be laid bare, and each person who has ever lived will be judged with perfect justice. The believers who are judged worthy as well as those ignorant of Christ's teaching who followed
2100-531: The resurrection of the dead . Others hold that the final accounting and judgment happens when one dies. Still others hold that the Last Judgment applies to only the gentiles , not the Jewish People . The Babylonian Talmud has a lengthy passage describing the future Judgement Day. The doctrine and iconographic depiction of the Last Judgment are drawn from many passages from the apocalyptic sections of
2175-456: The saving of some and the damning of others. Some Christian denominations believe most people will be saved , some believe most people will be damned , and some believe the number of the saved and of the damned is unknown . The concept of the Last Judgment is found in all the canonical gospels , particularly in the Gospel of Matthew . The Christian tradition is also followed by Islam , where it
2250-547: The works of mercy is frequent in the pictorial tradition of Christian art. Before the Last Judgment, all will be resurrected. Those who were in purgatory will have already been purged, meaning they would have already been released into heaven, and so like those in heaven and hell will resurrect with their bodies, followed by the Last Judgment. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church : 1038 The resurrection of all
2325-503: The 1993 video game Secret of Mana , Undine is the first spirit the player encounters. In the Japanese manga Aria and its numerous anime adaptations, gondola operators are referred to as "Prima Undine". In the 2002 video game Touhou Koumakyou: The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil , a spell card called Water Sign "Princess Undine" is used by Patchouli Knowledge. Another Japanese manga and anime series, Black Clover by Yuki Tabata, depicts
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2400-712: The Bible, but most notably from Jesus' teaching of the strait gate in the Gospel of Matthew and in the Gospel of Luke . In Christianity, there are three main beliefs about who will be saved (go to heaven) and who will be damned (go to hell) on Judgment Day. All three beliefs are based on biblical interpretation and Christian tradition. Some Christians who believe in universal salvation say most people and angels will go to heaven on Judgment Day. Some Christians who believe in double predestination say most people and angels will go to hell on Judgment Day. Other Christians who disbelieve in universal salvation and double predestination say
2475-592: The Catholic concept of purgatory , sinful Muslims will stay in hell until purified of their sins. According to the scholar Al-Subki (and others), "God will take out of the Fire everyone who has said the testimony" (i.e. the shāhada testimony made by all Muslims, "There is no deity but The God") "and none will remain to save those who rejected or worshipped other than God." While early Muslims debated whether scripture on Judgement day should be interpreted literally or figuratively,
2550-627: The Judgment, the Righteous will go to their eternal reward in heaven and the Accursed will depart to hell (see Matthew 25 )." The "issue of this judgment shall be a permanent separation of the evil and the good, the righteous and the wicked" (see The Sheep and the Goats ). Moreover, in "the final judgment every one of our thoughts, words, and deeds will be known and judged" and individuals will be justified on
2625-623: The Last Judgement is found in the funeral and memorial hymnody of the Church, and is a major theme in the services during Great Lent . The second Sunday before the beginning of Great Lent is dedicated to the Last Judgement. It is also found in the hymns of the Octoechos used on Saturdays throughout the year. There were many renditions of the Last Judgment completed by Greek painters living in Crete which
2700-416: The Last Judgement set by Klontzas. Their works were The Last Judgment (Kavertzas) and The Last Judgment (Moskos) . Both paintings resemble Klontas' Last Judgement painting. Lutherans do not believe in any sort of earthly millennial kingdom of Christ either before or after his second coming on the last day. On the last day, all the dead will be resurrected. Their souls will then be reunited with
2775-525: The Last Judgment is believed by a great part of Christian mainstream churches; some members of Esoteric Christian traditions like the Essenes , Rosicrucians , the Spiritualist movement , and some liberals instead believe in a form of universal salvation . Max Heindel , a Danish-American astrologer and mystic, taught that when the Day of Christ comes, marking the end of the current fifth or Aryan epoch,
2850-520: The Last Judgment is left to the mercy of God and is not declared. The theme of the Last Judgment is important in Orthodoxy. Traditionally, an Orthodox church will have a fresco or mosaic of the Last Judgment on the back (western) wall so that the faithful, as they leave the services, are reminded that they will be judged by what they do during earthly life. The icon of the Last Judgment traditionally depicts Christ Pantokrator , enthroned in glory on
2925-517: The Other Spirits , published posthumously in 1566. Ondine is an alternative spelling, and has become a female given name. Paracelsus believed that each of the four classical elements — earth , water , air and fire —is inhabited by different categories of elemental spirits , liminal creatures that share our world: gnomes , undines, sylphs and salamanders respectively. According to Paracelsus (as paraphrased by occultist Manly P. Hall ),
3000-565: The Undines (also called Nymphs) yearn to marry a human husband. If a man has an Undine/Nymph for a wife, he must be careful not to offend her in the presence of water, or she will return to her element. This motif of the husband's calumny causing Undine's departure also occurs in Fouquet's novella (and Hoffmann's opera ). Undine's husband Huldbrand had been forewarned not to do so, but he rekindles his unfaithful relationship with Bertalda, he commits
3075-585: The basis of their faith in Jesus , although " our works will not escape God's examination." Belief in the Last Judgment (often linked with the general judgment ) is held firmly in Catholicism . Immediately upon death each person undergoes the particular judgment , and depending upon one's behavior on earth, goes to heaven , purgatory , or hell . Those in purgatory will always reach heaven, but those in hell will be there eternally. The Last Judgment will occur after
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3150-559: The character of the White Lady of Avenel ( The Monastery , 1820) from Undine , and a passage by Coleridge on Undine was reprinted in Tracy's 1839 edition. French composer Claude Debussy included a piece called "Ondine" in his collection of piano preludes written in 1913 (Preludes, Book 2, No. 8). A poem by Seamus Heaney titled "Undine" appears in his 1969 collection Door into the Dark. The poem
3225-561: The collection Das dreißigste Jahr (1961), in which Undine "is neither a human nor a water spirit, but an idea". Fouqué's Undine also exerted an influence on Hans Christian Andersen 's " The Little Mermaid " (1837), and H.D. plays on this identification in her autobiographical novel HERmione (1927). Burton Pollin notes the popularity of the tale in the English-speaking world: translations in English appeared in 1818 and 1830, and
3300-448: The concept of soul sleep into Orthodox thought about life after death, it has never been a part of traditional Orthodox teaching, and it contradicts the Orthodox understanding of the intercession of the Saints . Eastern Orthodoxy teaches that salvation is bestowed by God as a free gift of divine grace , which cannot be earned, and by which forgiveness of sins is available to all. However,
3375-634: The congregation attending church saw the image on either entering or leaving. In the 15th century it also appeared as the central section of a triptych on altarpieces , with the side panels showing heaven and hell, as in the Beaune Altarpiece or a triptych by Hans Memling . The usual composition has Christ seated high in the centre, flanked by angels, the Virgin Mary , and John the Evangelist who are supplicating on behalf of those being judged (in what
3450-405: The damned. Almost always the saved are on the viewer's left (so on the right hand of Christ), and the damned on the right. The saved are led up to heaven , often shown as a fortified gateway , while the damned are handed over to devils who herd them down into hell on the right; the composition therefore has a circular pattern of movement. Often the damned disappear into a Hellmouth , the mouth of
3525-472: The dead, "of both the just and the unjust" (Acts 24:15), will precede the Last Judgment. This will be "the hour when all who are in the tombs will hear [the Son of man's] voice and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment" (Jn 5:28–29) Then Christ will come "in his glory, and all the angels with him... . Before him will be gathered all
3600-502: The deeds done by each person are believed to affect how he will be judged, following the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats. How forgiveness is to be balanced against behavior is not well-defined in scripture, judgment in the matter being solely Christ's. Similarly, although Orthodoxy teaches that sole salvation is obtained only through Christ and his Church, the fate of those outside the Church at
3675-411: The dictates of conscience will go to everlasting bliss, and those who are judged unworthy will go to everlasting condemnation. A decisive factor in the Last Judgment will be the question, were the corporal works of mercy practiced or not during one's lifetime. They rate as important acts of charity. Therefore, and according to the biblical sources (Mt 25:31–46), the conjunction of the Last Judgment and
3750-615: The first, or particular judgment, is that experienced by each individual at the time of his or her death, at which time God will decide where one is to spend the time until the Second Coming of Christ (see Hades in Christianity ). This judgment is generally believed to occur on the fortieth day after death. The second, General or Final Judgment will occur after the Second Coming. Although in modern times some have attempted to introduce
3825-472: The form of a message in a dream between the swan song. According to Paracelsus, the Undine will still receive her place on the Day of Judgment , i.e., she will still preserve the immortal soul she earned through marriage. David Gallagher argues that, although they had Paracelsus as a source, 19th and 20th-century German authors found inspiration for their many versions of undine in classical literature, particularly Ovid 's Metamorphoses , especially given
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#17328527273893900-476: The good each person has done or failed to do during his earthly life. 1040 The Last Judgment will come when Christ returns in glory. Only the Father knows the day and the hour; only he determines the moment of its coming. Then through his Son Jesus Christ he will pronounce the final word on all history. We shall know the ultimate meaning of the whole work of creation and of the entire economy of salvation and understand
3975-529: The human race will have to pass a final examination or last judgment, where, as in the Days of Noah , the chosen ones or pioneers, the sheep , will be separated from the goats or stragglers, by being carried forward into the next evolutionary period, inheriting the ethereal conditions of the New Galilee in the making. Nevertheless, it is emphasized that all beings of the human evolution will ultimately be saved in
4050-596: The insult, and she splashes away beneath the Danube. Paracelsus also emphasizes that even if the sylph/undine has returned to water, the marriage still remains valid, and she cannot be presumed to be dead, another theme exploited by Fouquet's novella: thus, as her husband's transgression necessitates her departure into the watery world, she makes the insistence on her husband that his vow of fidelity still remains in place, and breaking it would have deadly consequence. And she continues to remind to her husband to remain faithful, in
4125-399: The intents of their hearts. Records that have been kept in heaven and on earth will also be used to judge people. Jesus Christ will act as the advocate for people who had faith in him and such people will enter God's presence based on Jesus' merits as opposed to their own. After the final judgment, an individual is assigned to one of the three degrees of glory . In art, the Last Judgment
4200-506: The last day. Anglican and Methodist theology holds that "there is an intermediate state between death and the resurrection of the dead , in which the soul does not sleep in unconsciousness, but exists in happiness or misery till the resurrection, when it shall be reunited to the body and receive its final reward." This space, termed Hades , is divided into Paradise (the Bosom of Abraham ) and Gehenna "but with an impassable gulf between
4275-546: The last judgment for each individual occurs after that individual has been resurrected. People will be judged by Jesus Christ. Jesus' twelve apostles will help judge the twelve tribes of Israel and the twelve Nephite disciples from the Book of Mormon will help to judge the Nephite and Lamanite people. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches that people will be judged by their words, their works, their thoughts, and
4350-594: The marvelous ways by which his Providence led everything towards its final end. The Last Judgment will reveal that God's justice triumphs over all the injustices committed by his creatures and that God's love is stronger than death. (Cf. Song 8:6) The Eastern Orthodox and Catholic teachings of the Last Judgment differ only on the exact nature of the in-between state of purgatory / Abraham's Bosom . These differences may only be apparent and not actual due to differing theological terminology and evolving tradition. The Eastern Orthodox Church teaches that there are two judgments:
4425-486: The nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left... . And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life" (Mt 25:31, 32, 46). 1039 In the presence of Christ, who is Truth itself, the truth of each man's relationship with God will be laid bare (Cf. Jn 12:49). The Last Judgment will reveal even to its furthest consequences
4500-608: The number of the saved and of the damned on Judgment Day is unknown. Article IV – Of the Resurrection of Christ in Anglicanism's Articles of Religion and Article III – Of the Resurrection of Christ of Methodism's Articles of Religion state that: Christ did truly rise again from death, and took again his body, with flesh, bones, and all things appertaining to the perfection of Man's nature; wherewith he ascended into Heaven, and there sitteth, until he return to judge all Men at
4575-449: The people of hell are of two categories: those who stay there temporarily and those who stay there forever. Like Christianity, Islamic eschatology has a time of tribulation preceding Judgement Day where strange and terrible events will serve as portents; there will be a second coming of Jesus (but in different roles); battles with an AntiChrist (Al-Masīḥ ad-Dajjāl, literally "Deceitful Messiah" ) and struggles with Gog and Magog ; and
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#17328527273894650-466: The play, Ondine is not responsible for the curse and tries to save Hans. The subdivisions and elaborations [of nature spirits] ... by Paracelsus, the Rosicrucians, and the modern theosophists are no doubt amplifications of that popular belief in the existence of a race, neither divine nor human, but very like to human beings, who existed on a "plane" different from that of humans, though occupying
4725-481: The play. The 1939 play Ondine by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux is also based upon Fouqué's novella, as is Ondine , a ballet by composer Hans Werner Henze and choreographer Frederick Ashton with Margot Fonteyn as Undine. Austrian author Ingeborg Bachmann , a friend of Henze's who collaborated with him frequently, attended the premiere of the ballet in London, and published her short story "Undine geht" in
4800-413: The precedent set by Klontzas. Theodore Poulakis added the last judgment to his rendition of Klontzas' In Thee Rejoiceth . The painter incorporated the Last Judgement into one of Klontzas' earlier works entitled In Thee Rejoiceth . Poulakis paid homage to the father of the Last Judgement style. Leos Moskos and Francheskos Kavertzas also followed the outline for the stylistic representation of
4875-477: The reward of paradise ( Jannah ) or the punishment of hell ( Jahannam ). In this process, the souls will traverse over hellfire via the bridge of sirat . For sinners, the bridge will be thinner than hair and sharper than the sharpest sword, impossible to walk on without falling below to arrive at their fiery destination, while the righteous will proceed across the bridge to paradise ( Jannah ). Not everyone consigned to hell will remain there. Somewhat like
4950-427: The same bodies they had before dying. The bodies will then be changed, those of the wicked to a state of everlasting shame and torment, those of the righteous to an everlasting state of celestial glory. After the resurrection of all the dead, and the change of those still living, all nations shall be gathered before Christ, and he will separate the righteous from the wicked. Christ will publicly judge all people by
5025-540: The same space which ... resembles the theory of these mystics in its main outlines, and was probably what suggested it to them. Day of Judgment The Last Judgment is a concept found across the Abrahamic religions and the Frashokereti of Zoroastrianism . Christianity considers the Second Coming of Jesus Christ to entail the final judgment by God of all people who have ever lived, resulting in
5100-419: The school of thought that prevailed ( Ashʿarī ) "affirmed that such things as the individual records of deeds (including the paper, pen, and ink with which they are inscribed), the bridge, the balance, and the pond are realities to be understood in a concrete and literal sense." In Jainism , there is no day of judgement as such. Jains believe, however, that as the 5th era comes to an end, evil will increase and
5175-428: The spiritual inhabitants of the elements are "invisible, spiritual counterparts of visible Nature ... many resembling human beings in shape, and inhabiting worlds of their own, unknown to man because his undeveloped senses were incapable of functioning beyond the limitations of the grosser elements". Undines are almost invariably depicted as being female, which is consistent with the ancient Greek idea that water
5250-488: The story of Undine. The eponymous Undine Barge Club of Philadelphia is an amateur rowing club on Boathouse Row in Philadelphia. Undine is the title and the main character of a 2020 German movie directed by Christian Petzold . Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome, a rare medical condition in which those affected lack autonomic control of their breathing and are hence at risk of suffocation while sleeping,
5325-401: The testimony of their faith – the good works of the righteous in evidence of their faith, and the evil works of the wicked in evidence of their unbelief. He will judge in righteousness in the presence of all and men and angels, and his final judgment will be just damnation to everlasting punishment for the wicked and a gracious gift of life everlasting to the righteous. Although
5400-445: The transformation of many of their undines into springs: Hyrie (book VII) and Egeria (book XV) are two such characters. Later writers embellished Paracelsus' undine classification by developing it into a water nymph in its own right. The romance Undine by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué , published in 1811, is based on a passage in Paracelsus' Book on Nymphs in which he relates how an undine can acquire an immortal soul by marrying
5475-516: The two". Souls remain in Hades until the Last Judgment and "Christians may also improve in holiness after death during the middle state before the final judgment". Anglican and Methodist theology holds that at the time of the Last Day , "Jesus will return and that He will 'judge both the quick [the living] and the dead'," and "all [will] be bodily resurrected and stand before Christ as our Judge. After
5550-539: Was held by the Venetian Empire. Most of the works of art were influenced by Venetian painting but were considered to be painted in the Maniera Greca . Georgios Klontzas painted many triptychs featuring the Last Judgment some include The Last Judgment , The Last Judgement Triptych , and The Triptych of the Last Judgement . Klontzas was the forerunner of a new painting style. Other Greek painters followed
5625-549: Was the first to propose that the four classical elements were sufficient to explain everything present in the world. Paracelsus's view of elemental spirits may have grown out of the folklore that very human-like race of spirits existing in a different "plane" from humans, according to Celticist Henry Jenner . Thus in the " astral plane " (or "Chaos", in Paracelsian jargon) for each of the four elements, earth, air/wind, fire, and water, there resided four types of spiritual beings,
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