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OR, A REFUTATION OF THE ERROR ENTERTAINED BY SOME UNSKILFUL PERONS, WHO IGNORANTLY IMAGINE THAT IN THE INTERVAL BETWEEN DEATH AND THE JUDGMENT THE SOUL SLEEPS.
或，对某些无知之人所持错误的驳斥，他们愚昧地想象在死亡与审判之间的时期灵魂沉睡。
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TOGETHER WITH AN EXPLANATION OF THE CONDITION AND LIFE OF THE SOUL AFTER THIS PRESENT LIFE.
以及对灵魂在今生之后的状况和生命的解释。
by John Calvin
约翰·加尔文著
In this early yet masterful work, Psychopannychia, John Calvin rises with Scriptural clarity and pastoral courage to defend a precious truth often neglected: the conscious life of the soul after death.
在这部早期却精湛的著作《普叙霍潘尼基亚》中，约翰·加尔文以圣经的清晰性和牧养的勇气起来捍卫一个常被忽视的宝贵真理：死后灵魂的有意识生命。
Written in 1534 when Calvin was just twenty-five years old, this treatise is far more than a polemic against a growing heresy—it is a rich theological meditation on the soul’s immortality, the believer’s hope, and the certainty of resurrection in Christ.
写于1534年加尔文年仅25岁时，这部论文远超过对日益增长异端的辩驳——它是关于灵魂不朽、信徒盼望和在基督里复活确定性的丰富神学默想。
The doctrine Calvin refutes—commonly called “soul sleep”—suggests that the soul enters a state of unconscious rest between death and the final judgment.
加尔文所驳斥的教义——通常称为”灵魂睡眠”——暗示灵魂在死亡与最后审判之间进入无意识安息状态。
Calvin exposes this error as both unbiblical and pastorally destructive, tracing its roots through history and confronting its resurgence among the more radical sects of his day.
加尔文揭露这错误既是非圣经的也是在牧养上具有破坏性的，追溯其历史根源并面对其在他那个时代更激进派别中的复起。
Yet he does not merely argue—he teaches.
然而他不仅仅是争辩——他乃是教导。
With careful attention to the Word of God, he expounds passage after passage, showing that the soul, though separated from the body, lives unto God in full awareness, comfort, and joy if united to Christ.
以对神话语的仔细留意，他逐段阐释，显明灵魂虽与身体分离，若与基督联合，就在完全的知觉、安慰和喜乐中向神而活。
This is theology forged in the fire of Reformation—a call to anchor our hope not in man’s speculations, but in God’s promises.
这是在宗教改革之火中锻造的神学——呼召将我们的盼望不是锚定在人的推测上，而是在神的应许上。
Calvin’s pastoral heart shines through: he does not aim to provoke, but to comfort the believer, arming the soul against fear and falsehood.
加尔文的牧养之心闪耀其中：他不是要挑衅，而是要安慰信徒，装备灵魂抵挡恐惧和虚假。
He urges us to hear the voice of Christ Himself, who said, “He who believes in Me, though he die, yet shall he live” (John 11:25).
他催促我们聆听基督祂自己的声音，祂说：”信我的人虽然死了，也必复活”（约11:25）。
If you’ve ever wrestled with questions about death, the intermediate state, or the nature of eternal life, Psychopannychia offers not only answers but assurance.
如果你曾经与关于死亡、中间状态或永生本质的问题搏斗，《普叙霍潘尼基亚》不仅提供答案，更提供确据。
It reminds the Church that we rest not in the sleep of uncertainty, but in the sure embrace of our risen Lord—who is both the Resurrection and the Life.
它提醒教会，我们不是在不确定的睡眠中安息，而是在我们复活之主确实的怀抱中——祂既是复活，也是生命。