EMM-24Private revelationAccount·Anne Catherine Emmerich·T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
At Christ's condemnation, fettered figures rise from graves: demons, or souls "banished to certain places on the earth"? She does not know
How it happened
- Visions of Purgatory itselfThe witness is shown the place, or a release
What the soul wanted
- Shows its state onlyNo request is made
Evidence
- None stated in the source
Further reading
Read it in the books
| Book | Pages |
|---|---|
| Emmerich, Life of Jesus ChristThe Life of Jesus Christ — Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich (Brentano/Schmöger), TAN | p. 1548 [edition reference to be confirmed] |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Chapter: The Place of Purgatory
- Chapter: The Witnesses’ Map of Purgatory
- Question: Is Purgatory a place?
- Question: Do the souls appear to the living? What about “ghosts”?
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme C: Where the souls expiate — a place, the earth, the house, the “ghost”Purgatory as a place, souls serving their Purgatory on earth, haunted houses.
About the witness
Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich1774–1824 · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
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