Pope Benedict XII (dec 30, 1334 – apr 25, 1342)
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Pope Benedict XII, however, refuted his predecessor. In the papal bull Benedictus Deus (1336), he decreed that “the souls of the deceased enter a condition of bliss [heaven], purging [purgatory], or damnation [hell] immediately after death, only to be reunited with their resurrected bodies at the end of the world.”w95 3/1 29
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dec 30, 1334
apr 25, 1342
~ 7 years and 3 months