The soules of them that depart this life doe neither die wyth … the bodies, nor sleape idly.
The Soul's Vigilant Existence After Death
This sentence denounces the false doctrines that souls sleep or die with the body, affirming instead the scriptural truth of an immediate, conscious existence after death until the resurrection.
Anyone who says that the souls of people who leave this life sleep without any sense, feeling, or awareness until the day of judgment, or who claims that souls die with the body and will be raised up with it on the last day, completely disagrees with the true faith made known to us in holy Scripture.
Read the original English
THey which say, that the soules of suche as depart hence, dooe sleepe, beyng wythout al sence feling, or perceiuing, vntyl the day of iudgmente▪ or affirme that the soules dye with the bodies, and at the last day shalbe raised vp wyth the same: do vtterly dissente from the righte belefe, declared to vs in holye Scripture.
John Ponet's Short Catechisme (1553) companion
Rule yourself daily, not just on retreat
Chosen Portion turns the mirror into a daily practice — a short reading and examining question each morning before you lead anyone.
Chosen Portion makes the mirror daily: the ruler-formation questions this collection preserves become a two-minute morning examination in the app.
- A daily formation reading drawn from centuries of counsel to those in authority
- One pointed examination question a day — two minutes, before the meetings start
- Track your practice over weeks and watch the examined life become a habit