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====Salvation and damnation==== In Christianity, there are three main beliefs about who will be saved (go to heaven) and who will be damned (go to hell) on Judgment Day. All three beliefs are based on biblical interpretation and Christian tradition.<ref>"The saving of the soul; the deliverance from sin and its consequences" [[OED]] 2nd ed. 1989.</ref><ref>Wilfred Graves, Jr., ''In Pursuit of Wholeness: Experiencing God's Salvation for the Total Person'' (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image, 2011), 9, 22, 74-5.</ref><ref>Newman, Jay. ''Foundations of religious tolerance.'' University of Toronto Press, 1982. {{ISBN|0-8020-5591-5}}</ref><ref>Parry, Robin A. ''Universal salvation? The Current Debate.'' Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004. {{ISBN|0-8028-2764-0}}</ref> Some Christians who believe in universal salvation say most people and angels will go to heaven on Judgment Day.<ref>{{Cite book | first = Gregory | last = MacDonald | year = 2011 | title = All Shall Be Well | page = 1 | quote = At the most simple level Christian universalism is the belief that God will (or, in the case of "hopeful universalism", might) redeem all people through the saving work of Christ.}}</ref> Some Christians who believe in double predestination say most people and angels will go to hell on Judgment Day.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bayer |first1=Oswald |title=Martin Luther's Theology: A Contemporary Interpretation |date=2008 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |isbn=978-0-8028-2799-9 |page=209 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=52K_zOZJ1IsC&q=Double+predestination&pg=PA209 |language=en}}</ref> Other Christians who disbelieve in universal salvation and double predestination say the number of the saved and of the damned on Judgment Day is unknown.<ref>[https://societyofignatians.com/why-2/eternal-salvation-of-souls/lord-will-saved/ Society of Ignatians, Lord Will Those Who Are Saved Be Few?] βIt is better to say that to God alone is known the number reserved for eternal happiness.β[</ref><ref>[https://www.newadvent.org/summa/1023.htm#article7 Summa Theologica Q. 23 On Predestionation] It is, however, better to say that, "to God alone is known the number for whom is reserved eternal happiness" [From the 'secret' prayer of the missal, 'pro vivis et defunctis'].</ref>
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