dead. Nonconformist Protestants, such as Baptists, largely ceased praying for the dead. Protestants universally reject the Roman Catholic doctrine of purgatory, while a number of Protestants do affirm the existence of an intermediate state, usually termed Hades. John Calvin depicted the righteous dead as resting in bliss.

Jewish background

The early Hebrews had no notion of resurrection of the dead

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