871. That 'And they were judged, each one, according to their works' signifies that they were all judged in accordance with their internal life in external things is plain from the things expounded above (n. 868) where the words are similar. To which things I will add this, that every one is judged in accordance with the quality of his soul, and a man's soul is his life, for it is the love of his will, and the love of every one's will is entirely in accordance with the reception of the Divine Truths proceeding from the Lord, and the Church's doctrine that is out of the Word teaches this reception.