EMM-07Private revelationAccount·Anne Catherine Emmerich·T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
Her angel's lesson at the mountain: "The poor souls are always in the state in which thou now art"; she sends her angel to the angels of the suffering to inspire them to offer their pains
How it happened
- Visions of Purgatory itselfThe witness is shown the place, or a release
- Locutions and revealed knowledgeChrist, Mary, an angel or a soul speaks within; the seer “knows”
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 |
|---|---|
| Emmerich, Life & Revelations ILife and Revelations, vol. I — Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich (ed. K. E. Schmöger), 1870 (TAN) | p. 76 [edition reference to be confirmed] |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Question: Are we already in Heaven, Purgatory or Hell, so that death only lifts the veil?
- Chapter: The Three States of the Church and the Communion of Saints
- Question: Do the souls in Purgatory know we pray for them?
- Question: Can the souls in Purgatory pray for us?
- Question: Can my refusal to forgive keep a soul in Purgatory?
- Chapter: Gaining Indulgences for the Holy Souls
- Chapter: How We Help the Holy Souls
- Chapter: On Indulgences
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme E: What the souls know, and do, for the livingWho prays for them, whether they pray for us, warnings, help and gratitude.
- Theme F: The most efficacious prayers and worksThe Mass first; then prayer, alms, works of mercy, indulgences — and the traps.
About the witness
Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich1774–1824 · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
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