Denominations, In Heaven
In heaven, all believers are united simply as Christians, beyond denominational divisions.
John Wesley once, in the visions of the night, found himself, as he thought, at the gates of hell. He knocked, and asked who were within. "Are there any Roman Catholics here?" he asked. "Yes," was the answer; "a great many." — "Any Church-of-England men?" — "Yes; a great many." — "Any Presbyterians?" — "Yes; a great many." — "Any Wesleyans here?" — "Yes, a great many." Disappointed and dismayed, especially at the last reply, he turned his steps upward, and found himself at the gates of paradise; and here he repeated the same questions. "Any Wesleyans here?" — "No." — "Any Presbyterians?" — "No." — "Any Church-of-England men?" — "No." — "Any Roman Catholics?" — "No." — "Whom have you, then, here?" he asked in astonishment. "We know nothing here," was the reply, "of any of those names that you have mentioned. The only name of which we know any thing here is 'Christian.' We are all Christians here; and of these we have a great multitude, which no man can number, of all nations and kindreds and peoples and tongues."