Teresa: the demon tries to stop her Office of the Dead on All Souls' eve and flees holy water; souls leave Purgatory
How it happened
- Apparitions — Form not describedThe soul is seen
- Visions of Purgatory itselfThe witness is shown the place, or a release
What the soul wanted
- Teaches about the afterlifeJudgement, levels, durations, pains, helps
Evidence
- A test was passedSign of the cross, holy water, a set prayer, obedience
Further reading
Read it in the books
| Book | Pages |
|---|---|
| GemmingerAll Souls' Forget-Me-Not — Fr Louis Gemminger, English ed. 1889/1898 | p. 195 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Chapter: A Drop for the Holy Souls
- 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
Early-modern saints and religiousc. 1500–1800 · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
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