MED-P3Private revelationExemplum or practice·St Lidwina·T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them
Lidwina rebukes a priest content to spend "as many years as grains of seed" in Purgatory
How it happened
- Not specified
What the soul wanted
- No stated purpose
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 | p. 166 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Chapter: Mary, Mother and Queen of the Holy Souls
- Chapter: What Purgatory Is
- Chapter: The Witnesses’ Map of Purgatory
- Question: Is there joy in Purgatory?
- Question: Can a soul in Purgatory be lost — can it go to Hell?
- Chapter: The Saints and Mystics
- Chapter: The Church’s Definitions
- Question: How should I weigh private revelations about Purgatory?
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme I: ConsolationsJoy and pain together; Our Lady, the angels and St Michael among the souls.
- Theme J: Discernment — soul, demon, or imaginationHow witnesses and clergy tested apparitions, and what the Church leaves free.
About the witness
Patristic and medieval stockto c. 1500 · T4 (as retold) — visions and the collections that retell them
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