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In the supplement to the [[Summa Theologiae]], a disciple of [[Thomas Aquinas]] argued that the soul departs for heaven or hell immediately on death, "unless it be held back by some debt, for which its flight must needs be delayed until the soul is first of all cleansed."<ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/summa/5069.htm#2 Summa Theologiae, Supplement, q. 69, art. 2]]]</ref>

From about 1300, the term "[[Limbo#Limbo of Infants|Limbo of Infants]]" was forged for the notion that souls of unbaptized infants went to a particular place where they enjoyed natural happiness, but not the [[beatific vision]]. Gehenna (one of the terms used for ahell place of eternal punishmentproper), Limbo of the Fathers, Limbo of Infants, and Purgatory were all pictured as areas within "[[Hades]]" or "Hell" (''infernus'', literally underworld), places where one was at least temporarily removed from God.

In 1336, [[Benedict XII]] (Pope 1334-1342) issued the Bull "Benedictus Deus," establishing particular judgment as dogma. His predecessor, [[Pope John XXII]] (Pope 1316-1334), had denied that the dead saw God (the [[beatific vision]] before Judgment Day.

==Reformation concepts==