Teresa: the souls she freed rise "from the bosom of the earth"; a provincial with the face of a man under thirty; a young nun detained a quarter-hour
How it happened
- Apparitions — Glorified or risingThe soul is seen
- Visions of Purgatory itselfThe witness is shown the place, or a release
What the soul wanted
- Thanks, or announces releaseThe soul returns to give thanks or to say it is free
Evidence
- None stated in the source
Further reading
Read it in the books
| Book | Pages |
|---|---|
| SchouppePurgatory Illustrated by the Lives and Legends of the Saints — Fr F. X. Schouppe SJ, 1893 | pp. 48–49 |
| PetriskoInside Purgatory — Thomas W. Petrisko, 2000 | p. 30 |
| SalzaThe Biblical Basis for Purgatory — John Salza, 2008 | pp. 24–25 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Question: Is Purgatory a place?
- Chapter: Time and Intensity
- Chapter: The Place of Purgatory
- Chapter: The Witnesses’ Map of Purgatory
- Question: Do the souls appear to the living? What about “ghosts”?
- Question: How long does Purgatory last?
- Question: Do the souls in Purgatory suffer?
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.
- Theme G: Durations and intensityFrom a quarter of an hour to “until Judgment Day” — and why no figure is a fact.
About the witness
Early-modern saints and religiousc. 1500–1800 · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
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