kingdom comeThe next world, the afterlife; paradise; hades, hell. And forty pounds be theirs, a pretty sum, For sending such a rogue to kingdom come. (Peter Pindar,Subjects for Painters, 1789) This term is an irreverent excision from the Lord’s Prayer: “Thy kingdom come, thy will ...
It is not in Hades, and is therefore different from Abraham's bosom (Tertull. De Idol. c. 13). It is above and beyond the world, separated from it by a wall of fire (id. Apol. c. 47). It is the "refrigerium" for all faithful souls, where they have the vision of saints ...
kingdom comeThe next world, the afterlife; paradise; hades, hell. And forty pounds be theirs, a pretty sum, For sending such a rogue to kingdom come. (Peter Pindar,Subjects for Painters, 1789) This term is an irreverent excision from the Lord’s Prayer: “Thy kingdom come, thy will ...
kingdom comeThe next world, the afterlife; paradise; hades, hell. And forty pounds be theirs, a pretty sum, For sending such a rogue to kingdom come. (Peter Pindar,Subjects for Painters, 1789) This term is an irreverent excision from the Lord’s Prayer: “Thy kingdom come, thy will ...
By the time of Hesiod, however, Elysium was a place for the blessed dead, and, from Pindar on, entrance was gained by a righteous life. Later writers made it a particular part of Hades, as in Virgil, Aeneid, Book VI.This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper...