Q86
What is the communion in glory with Christ, which the members of the invisible church enjoy immediately after death?
The communion in glory with Christ, which the members of the invisible church enjoy immediately after death is, in that their souls are then made perfect in holiness,371 and received into the highest heavens,372 where they behold the face of God in light and glory,373 waiting for the full redemption of their bodies,374 which even in death continue united to Christ,375 and rest in their graves as in their beds,376 till at the last day they be again united to their souls.377 Whereas the souls of the wicked are at their death cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness, and their bodies kept in their graves, as in their prisons, till the resurrection and judgment of the great day.378