VIS-04Private revelationAccount·The Portuguese visionary·T4 (unapproved) — visions and the collections that retell them
The grades: the great Purgatory (a silent, immobile fire, "equal to hell except in the duration", holding priests, popes and rulers); the middle (a roaring fire; from a minute to centuries); the antechamber or summit (only the pain of love); demons powerless
How it happened
- 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
- None stated in the source
Further reading
Read it in the books
| Book | Pages |
|---|---|
| Visions of PurgatoryVisions of Purgatory (Regard sur le Purgatoire) — An anonymous Portuguese layman, 1990s; English ed. Scepter | pp. 31–32, 39–46 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Question: Could someone who glimpsed Purgatory think they had seen Hell?
- Question: Are there levels or regions in Purgatory?
- Question: How long does Purgatory last?
- Chapter: The Witnesses’ Map of Purgatory
- Chapter: Levels and Degrees
- Question: Do the souls in Purgatory suffer?
- Chapter: Time and Intensity
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme B: Levels and degreesRegions, stages and degrees of Purgatory — and why no two witnesses layer it alike.
- Theme G: Durations and intensityFrom a quarter of an hour to “until Judgment Day” — and why no figure is a fact.
About the witness
The Portuguese Visions of Purgatory1990s · T4 (unapproved) — visions and the collections that retell them
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