MED-05Private revelationAccount·Bede (Drithelm)·T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them
Drithelm dies, is led through a valley of fire and ice, and returns (Bede)
How it happened
- Visions of Purgatory itselfThe witness is shown the place, or a release
- Death and returnThe witness dies or nearly dies, and comes back
What the soul wanted
- Teaches about the afterlifeJudgement, levels, durations, pains, helps
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. 72–73, 73 |
| SalzaThe Biblical Basis for Purgatory — John Salza, 2008 | p. 27 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Chapter: Death and the Particular Judgement
- Chapter: What Purgatory Is
- Chapter: When Someone Dies
- Question: What happens to the soul at the moment of death?
- Question: Is Purgatory a "second chance"?
- Chapter: Levels and Degrees
- Chapter: The Witnesses’ Map of Purgatory
- Question: Are there levels or regions in Purgatory?
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme A: Death and the particular judgementWhat the soul meets at death: the tribunal, the self-judgement, the anticipated judgement.
- Theme B: Levels and degreesRegions, stages and degrees of Purgatory — and why no two witnesses layer it alike.
- Theme F: The most efficacious prayers and worksThe Mass first; then prayer, alms, works of mercy, indulgences — and the traps.
About the witness
Patristic and medieval stockto c. 1500 · T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them
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