VDL-07Private revelationAccount·“Ruth”·T4 (unapproved) — visions and the collections that retell them
Ruth: a soul tells her that her son, dying all night in a shell crater, was taken straight up
How it happened
- 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 |
|---|---|
| Van den AardwegHungry Souls — Gerard J. M. van den Aardweg | p. 136 |
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"?
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.
About the witness
Von der Leyen, Hibbeln and “Ruth”20th century · T4 (unapproved) — visions and the collections that retell them
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