3. Every one who has any religion knows and acknowledges that he who lives well will be saved, and that he who lives wickedly will be condemned. This is because of the conjunction of heaven with the man who knows from the Word that there is a God, that there is a heaven and a hell, and that there is a life after death; and consequently there arises this general perception. Therefore in the doctrine of the Athanasian Creed concerning the Trinity, which is universally received in the Christian world, what is said in the conclusion is universally received also, namely:
"Jesus Christ, who suffered for our salvation, ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of the Father Almighty, whence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead; and then they who have done good shall enter into life eternal, and they who have done evil into everlasting fire."
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