EMM-08Private revelationAccount·Anne Catherine Emmerich·T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
With Clara Soentgen: the door opens, a great light streams in, blows are struck on the table; later a bright light hovers by their beds
How it happened
- Apparitions — As light, mist or shadowThe soul is seen
- PhenomenaNoises, moved objects, lights, animals reacting
What the soul wanted
- Thanks, or announces releaseThe soul returns to give thanks or to say it is free
Evidence
- A second witnessSomeone else saw or heard it too
Further reading
Read it in the books
| Book | Pages |
|---|---|
| Emmerich, Life & Revelations ILife and Revelations, vol. I — Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich (ed. K. E. Schmöger), 1870 (TAN) | p. 107 [edition reference to be confirmed] |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Chapter: The Fathers and Tradition
- Chapter: The Saints and Mystics
- Question: Do the souls appear to the living? What about “ghosts”?
- Question: When the souls appear, what do they ask for?
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme D: How the souls appear and communicateIn flames, as light, as voices, burn marks — and what they ask for.
About the witness
Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich1774–1824 · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
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