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Charity for the suffering souls : an explanation of the Catholic doctrine of Purgatory. With a treatise on the Archconfraternity of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and on the spiritual benevolent fraternity for the relief

CONTENTS. Approbations iii Preface vii CHAPTER I. The Existence of Purgatory. 1. Eternity 1 2. Purgatory 5 3. Sentiment 9 4. Reason 10 5. The Unanimous Concurrence of all Nations in the Belief in Purgatory 14 6. Opponents of Purgatory 17 7. Uninterrupted Tradition of the Church and Purgatory 23 8. Divine Revelation and Purgatory 26 CHAPTER II. The Condition of the Suffering Souls in Purgatory. 9. The Spiritual Condition of the Suffering Souls 34 10. Spiritual Torments of the Suffering Souls 41 11. The Suffering Souls' Pain of Sense 46 12. Other Punishments of Purgatory, 49 13. Consolations in Purgatory 53 14. The Duration of Purgatory 60 15. The Location of Purgatory 66 16. Credibility of Apparitions of Departed Souls 68 CHAPTER III. On the Means of Relieving the Suffering Souls. 17. On the Means of Relief in General 75 18. Catholic Burial 79 19. Prayer 85 20. Official Prayer of the Church for the Suffering Souls 94 21. The Blessed Virgin Mary and the Suffering Souls 100 22. The Saints and the Suffering Souls 107 23. The Angels and the Suffering Souls 113 24. Confraternities for the Relief of the Suffering Souls 118 25. The Efficacy of Holy Water in Behalf of the Suffering Souls 13

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