The …ay of dome. / The resur rection.
The Scholar's Question
The Master asks what remains to be taught, prompting the Scholar to respond.
Teacher. What then remains?
The Last Judgment
The Scholar declares the last judgment, describing Christ's coming, the resurrection, and the final sentence.
Scholar. The final and general judgment.1 For Christ will come; at his voice, all the dead will rise again, perfect and whole in both body and soul. The whole world will see him sitting on the royal throne of his majesty, and after every person's conscience has been examined, the final sentence will be pronounced.
The Two Eternal Destinies
The children of God receive everlasting life, while the ungodly are cast into eternal fire.
Then the children of God will fully possess that kingdom of freedom from death and of everlasting life, which was prepared for them before the world was created. And they will reign with Christ forever. But the ungodly who did not believe will be thrown from there into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
Read the original English
Master. What then remayneth?
Scholer. The laste and generall dome. For Christe shall come: at whoes voice al the deade shall ryse againe▪ perfecte and sound both in bodi and soule. The whole world shall beholde hym, sittynge in the Royall throne of hys Maiestie: and after the examination of euerye mannes conscience, the laste sentence shalbe pronoūced. Then the chyldren of God shall bee in perfecte possessyon of that kingdome of fredome from death and of euerlastig life: whyche was prepared for theim, before the foundacyons of the world were layd. And they shal reygne wyth Christe for euer. But the vngodlye that beleued not, shall be throwen frō thense into euerlastynge fyre, appoynted for the deuyll and hys angelles.
Notes
- 1 ↩Source 'dome' is Early Modern 'doom' (judgment), not architectural dome; rendered as judgment.
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