VIS-05Private revelationAccount·The Portuguese visionary·T4 (unapproved) — visions and the collections that retell them
Bodily after-effects of a vision: reddened, burning skin and cracked lips
How it happened
- Touch and physical tracesHeat, touch, a weight; burns and prints left on objects
- Suffering for the soulsThe witness takes on, or tastes, a soul’s pain
What the soul wanted
- Gives a sign or proofA burn, a name, a fact the witness could not know
Evidence
- A lasting physical traceA burn or print that remained
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 | p. 41 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- 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
The Portuguese Visions of Purgatory1990s · T4 (unapproved) — visions and the collections that retell them
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