The teaching of '''Aerial Toll-Houses''' regards the soul's journey after its departure from the body, and is related to the [[w:particular judgment|particular judgment]]. In its most general form, it refers to the idea that after death, the demons attempt to find a basis for taking the soul to Hades, while the angels and defend the soul, taking the reason in the prayers righteousness of the living defend the soul if it can be defendedreposed person. Whether the soul is finally seized by the demons, or taken to heaven depends on the state of the soul at deathand the intercession (prayers) of the living. In either case, the soul then experiences a foretaste of what it can expect after the [[w:final judgment|final judgment]]. According to Fr. Thomas Hopko, the teaching of the Toll Houses is found in virtually every Father of the Church .<ref>Fr. Thomas Hopko on the Toll-houses, http://audio.ancientfaith.com/illuminedheart/hopko_tolls.mp3</ref> One of the first mentions of the doctrine can be found in the prayer of St. Eustratius, 3rd century Martyr. Nevertheless, it is traditionally considered that Apostle Paul spoke about toll houses in his epistles (Eph 6:12-13)<ref>[http://azbyka.ru/otechnik/Ignatij_Brjanchaninov/slova/2 Word On Death by St Ignatius Brianchaninov (in Russian)]</ref>.