Psychopannychia (Latin from Greek; literally "all-night-vigil of the soul") is the earliest theological treatise by John Calvin dating in Latin manuscript from Orléans, 1534. The tract opposes the mortalism or "soul sleep" taught by Anabaptists and other radical Protestants. Psychopannychia first appeared in print in Latin as Vivere apud Christum non dormire animis sanctos, Strasbourg, 1542, and then in French, in a translation not by Calvin, as Psychopannychie, Geneva, 1558.[1]

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  1. ^ Wulfert Greef The Writings of John Calvin: An Introductory Guide 0664232302 2008 p152 "However, the Psychopannychia was not published until 1542 in Strasbourg, under the title Vivere apud Christum non dormire animis sanctos, ... of the state of the soul after death, demonstrates that the saints, who die in faith in Christ, live with him, and their souls do not fall asleep. ... Anew French translation of Calvin's 1542 Latin work was published in Geneva in 1558: Jean Calvin, Psychopannychie.

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