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{{short description|Christian theological concept}}
'''General judgment''' is the [[Religion:Christianity|Christian]] [[Religion:Theology|theological]] concept of a judgment of the dead.{{cn|date=October 2020}} When the individual dies, general judgment holds that the person's final dispensation will await the general judgment of the dead at the end of the world, rather than be judged immediately.{{cn|date=October 2020}} It is generally contrasted with a [[Religion:Particular judgment|particular judgment]] right after death. It is related closely to Judgment Day and often is just another phrase for the [[Religion:Last Judgment|Last Judgment]] or Final Judgement.

==In the Bible==
[[Biography:Jesus|Jesus]] provided examples and illustrations of judgments against cities and generations. Jesus warned his contemporaries that the men of [[Place:Nineveh|Nineveh]], who repented at the preaching of Jonah,  and the Queen of the South would testify against them in the judgment.<ref>{{bibleverse||Matthew|12:38-42|9}}.</ref> In the same speech, Jesus declared woes upon the cities of Chorazin and Bethsaida declaring that the cities of [[Religion:Sodom and Gomorrah|Sodom]], [[Place:Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]], and [[Place:Sidon|Sidon]] would have a more tolerable outcome in the judgement.<ref>{{bibleverse||Luke|10:1-16|9}}-</ref>

==Catholic view==
The position is hinted at in several places in both the [[Religion:Old Testament|Old]] and in the [[Religion:New Testament|New Testament]], and the ''[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]'' says (here referring to the Last Judgment) "Few truths are more often or more clearly proclaimed in Scripture than that of the general judgment".<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle=General Judgment}}</ref>

A decisive factor in the Last Judgment will be the question of whether the corporal [[Philosophy:Works of mercy|works of mercy]] were practiced during a lifetime or not. They rate as important acts of charity. Therefore, and according to the biblical sources (Matthew 5:31-46), the conjunction of the Last Judgment and the [[Philosophy:Works of mercy|works of mercy]] is very frequent in the pictorial tradition of Christian art.<ref>[[Biography:Ralf van Bühren|Ralf van Bühren]], ''[http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23753234.2017.1287283 Caravaggio’s ‘Seven Works of Mercy’ in Naples. The relevance of art history to cultural journalism]'', in ''Church, Communication and Culture'' 2 (2017), pp. 63-87.</ref>

== See also ==
* Divine judgment
* [[Religion:Judgement (afterlife)|Judgement (afterlife)]]
* [[Religion:Pre-advent judgment|Pre-advent judgment]]

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|chapter=Day 11: On the general judgment.|title=Think Well On't or, Reflections on the great truths of the Christian religion for every day of the month|year=1801|publisher=T. Haydock|first=Richard|last=Challoner|}}
*{{cite book|chapter=Sermon I: On the General Judgment|title=Sermons for all the Sundays in the year|year=1882|publisher=Dublin|first=Alphonus|last=Liguori|}}

==References==
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