EMO-70Private revelationAccount·Rossignoli's Merveilles·T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
The painter of an immodest picture: a tribunal of accusers, Mary pleading; in flames until the picture is burned; the owner's two children die within a month
How it happened
- Apparitions — In flames, chains or mourningThe soul is seen
What the soul wanted
- Asks for reparationRestitution, a will or vow fulfilled, pardon, a practice corrected
- Warns, foretells or disclosesA danger, a death, a hidden sin
Evidence
- Information that could be checkedA name, a date, a hidden object, a fulfilled prediction
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 | pp. 136–137 |
| JugieThe Truth about Purgatory and the Means to Avoid It — Fr Martin Jugie AA, 1949 | p. 177 |
Page numbers refer to the edition named in the source list.
The Church’s teaching on this
- Chapter: Death and the Particular Judgement
- Chapter: What Purgatory Is
- Chapter: When Someone Dies
- Question: What happens to the soul at the moment of death?
- Question: Is Purgatory a "second chance"?
- 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?
What the witnesses report on this
- Theme A: Death and the particular judgementWhat the soul meets at death: the tribunal, the self-judgement, the anticipated judgement.
- Theme E: What the souls know, and do, for the livingWho prays for them, whether they pray for us, warnings, help and gratitude.
About the witness
Early-modern saints and religiousc. 1500–1800 · T4 — visions and the collections that retell them
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