EMM-20Private revelationAccount·Anne Catherine Emmerich·T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
A Jewish woman's mother walled up in a dark place; no soul is lost whom ignorance alone kept from Jesus
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 |
|---|---|
| Emmerich, Life & Revelations ILife and Revelations, vol. I — Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich (ed. K. E. Schmöger), 1870 (TAN) | pp. 407–408 [edition reference to be confirmed] |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Question: Can I have a Mass said for a non-Catholic or an unbeliever?
- Chapter: Levels and Degrees
- Chapter: The Witnesses’ Map of Purgatory
- Question: Are there levels or regions in Purgatory?
- Question: Do the souls in Purgatory suffer?
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme B: Levels and degreesRegions, stages and degrees of Purgatory — and why no two witnesses layer it alike.
About the witness
Bl. Anne Catherine Emmerich1774–1824 · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
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