Editing Eternal Rest (section)

{{Short description|Western Christian prayer}}
[[Image:Way-of-salvation-church-militant-triumphant-andrea-di-bonaiuto-1365.jpg|thumb|300px|right|''[[Church militant and church triumphant|The Church Militant and the Church Triumphant]]'', fresco by [[Andrea da Firenze]] in [[Basilica of Santa Maria Novella|Santa Maria Novella]], c. A.D. 1365]]
'''Eternal Rest''' or '''''Requiem aeternam''''' is a [[Western Christianity|Western Christian]] [[prayer]] asking God:

(1) to hasten the progression of the souls of the faithful departed in [[Purgatory]] to their place in [[Heaven in Christianity|Heaven]] (in Catholicism)<br />
(2) to rest in the love of God the souls of the faithful departed in [[Christian views on Hades|Paradise]] until the [[resurrection of the dead]] and [[Last Judgement]] (in Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anglicanism and Methodism)<ref name="Gould2016">{{cite book|last=Gould|first=James B.|title=Understanding Prayer for the Dead: Its Foundation in History and Logic|date=4 August 2016|publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers|language=en |isbn=9781620329887|pages=41–55}}</ref>

The prayer is cited from [[2 Esdras]] (4 Esdras Vulgate):

Therefore, I say to you, O nations that hear and understand, “Wait for your shepherd; he will give you everlasting rest, because he who will come at the end of the age is close at hand. Be ready for the rewards of the kingdom, because perpetual light will shine on you forevermore.
-2 Esdras 2:34-35 NRSV