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Profound, provocative, complete treatment of Purgatory-its sufferings, consolations, duration, etc., plus, how we can assist the poor souls, their gratitude, and God's reward to us for helping them. A very moving book. Impr. 331 pgs,

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Christian theology

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Publié par	TAN Books
Date de parution	01 juillet 1994
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781618908940
Langue	English

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Imprimatur: Joseph Rademacher, Bishop of Fort Wayne February 2, 1895
Reprinted by TAN Books and Publishers, Inc. in 1982 from the edition published in 1977 by Mater Dei Publications, Inc. Retypeset and republished by TAN in 2008.
Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 82-83797
ISBN: 978-0-89555-200-6
Printed and bound in the United States of America.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
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CANON XXX SESSION VI OF THE COUNCIL OF TRENT
“If any one saith that after the grace of Justification has been received, to every penitent sinner the guilt is remitted, and the debt of eternal punishment is blotted out in such wise that there remains not any debt of temporal punishment to be discharged, either in this world, or in the next in Purgatory, before the entrance to the Kingdom of Heaven can be opened to him—let him be anathema.”
DECREE CONCERNING PURGATORY: COUNCIL OF TRENT: SESSION XXV
“Whereas the Catholic Church, instructed by the Holy Ghost, has, from the sacred writings, and the ancient tradition of the Fathers, taught in sacred councils and very recently in this CEcumenical Synod, that there is a Purgatory and that the souls there detained are helped by the suffrages of the Faithful, but particularly by the acceptable Sacrifice of the Altar—the Holy Synod enjoins on bishops that they diligently endeavour that the sound doctrine concerning Purgatory, transmitted by the holy Fathers and sacred councils, be believed, maintained, taught, and everywhere proclaimed by the Faithful of Christ.
APPROBATIONS
S T. P ETER’S C ATHEDRAL.
Cincinnati, November 29, 1892.
R EV. J OHN A. N AGELEISEN:
Rev. Dear Sir: —Your book on Purgatory and the Suffering Souls—“Charity for the Suffering Souls”—has been received.
I recommend it as an excellent book, to give useful and interesting instruction on the subject of Purgatory—to enliven the faith and devotion of the readers, and thereby to increase their holiness and the power of their prayers and good works in relieving those suffering friends of God.—I hope it will he widely circulated, and that it will bring you great reward in heaven. Your servant in Christ,
† WILLIAM HENRY ELDER, Archbishop of Cincinnati.
Milwaukee, Wis., December 2, 1892
R EV. A. N AGELEISEN:
Rev. and Dear Sir: —Gladly do I unite with his Grace, the Most Rev. Archbishop of Cincinnati, in recommending to the faithful the book “Charity for the Suffering Souls”—a book of instructions, very useful especially for all those who belong to confraternities for the Relief of the Poor Souls in Purgatory.
Yours most truly,
† F. X. KATZER, Archbishop of Milwaukee.
S T. M ARY’S C ATHEDRAL
Nashville, Tenn., February 16, 1893.
R EV. D EAR F ATHER N AGELEISEN:
It was only recently that I was enabled to examine more thoroughly your work entitled “Charity for the Suffering Souls”. Indeed, this book deserves to be recommended most strongly to our Catholic people. It explains the doctrine of Purgatory in an interesting, popular manner, the instructions being based throughout on the teaching of the Church and the declarations of our ablest theologians. The chapter treating on the “Means of Helping the Poor Souls” is especially practical.
May the book find a wide circulation! May it enliven and promote among our Catholic people the blessed and salutary devotion for the Relief of the Poor Souls! With best wishes,
Yours most truly in Christ,
JOSEPH RADEMACHER, Bishop of Nashville.
Cleveland, 0., February 22, 1893.
R EV. J OHN A. N AGELEISEN. , C.PP.S., Collegeville, Ind.:
Rev. Dear Sir: —Whatever serves to promote the devotion of the faithful towards the Poor Suffering Souls in Purgatory must meet with my cordial approbation. Your book on Purgatory has that for its only object.
May God bless the work and obtain for it a wide circulation. Full of thought, full of piety and eminently practical, it ought to secure many helpers for the Poor Souls in Purgatory.
Sincerely yours in Xsto,
† IGN. F. HORSTMANN, Bishop of Cleveland
Belleville, Ill., March 4, 1893.
“Charity for the Suffering Souls”, by Rev. John A. Nageleisen C.PP.S.—a book of instructions for those who are members of confraternities for the Relief of the Poor Souls in Purgatory—is herewith warmly recommended to the faithful.
† J. JANSSEN, Bishop of Belleville
St. Cloud, March 29, 1894.
R EV. J OHN A. N AGELEISEN. , C.PP.S., Collegeville, Ind.:
Reverend Father: —Most cordially and with great pleasure do I herewith comply with your request, namely to recommend to the faithful your book “Charity for the Suffering Souls”. The book contains the strongest, most touching appeals in behalf of those Suffering Souls who are still united with us in the love of God. We are exhorted to assist these souls by offering for them, in prayer and sacrifice, the merits of the Precious Blood of Christ. Even now the faithful departed hear the voice of this Blood as the voice of reconciliation; and they will hear it as such, to their complete justification, on the day of the general resurrection. It was, therefore, not more than proper that the book should be written by a member of the Congregation of the Most Precious Blood. Wishing you the best of success and God’s blessing for the work you have undertaken, I am, Reverend Father,
Yours most truly in Christ,
† OTTO ZARDETTI, Bishop of St. Cloud.
Denver, Colo., 255 S. Evans St., September 7, 1894.
R EV. J OHN A. N AGELEISEN:
Your confrere, the Rev. Andrew Gietl, lately presented to me a copy of your book “Charity for the Suffering Souls”. As a zealous friend of the Poor Souls I am greatly delighted to see this splendid work making its appearance among our people.
May God in His infinite goodness bless the author, as I am sure that the Poor Souls bless you for the sake of your charitable mediation! It is in their behalf that you have undertaken this noble work.
† N. C. MATZ, Bishop of Denver.
ECCLESIASTICUS 7
37 A gift hath grace in the sight of all the living: and restrain not grace from the dead.
ECCLESIASTICUS 24
45 I will penetrate to all the lower parts of the earth, and will behold all that sleep, and will enlighten all that hope in the Lord.
ZACHARIAS 9
11 Thou also, by the blood of thy testament, hast sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
PSALMS 141
8 Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the just wait for me, until thou reward me.
DANIEL 12
10 Many shall be chosen and made white and shall be tried as fire: and the wicked shall deal wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand: but the learned shall understand.
ST. MATTHEW 5
26 Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing.
ST. MATTHEW 12
32 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come.
Ver. 32. Nor in the world to come. From these words St. Augustine ( De Civ. Dei , lib. 21, c. 13) and St. Gregory ( Dialog ., 4, c. 39) gather that some sins may be remitted in the world to come; and, consequently, that there is a purgatory or a middle place.
1 CORINTHIANS 3
12 Now, if any man build upon this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble:

13 Every man’s work shall be manifest. For the day of the Lord shall declare it , because it shall be revealed in fire. And the fire shall try every man’s work, of what sort it is.
14 If any man’s work abide, which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
15 If any man’s work burn, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire.
Chap. 3. Ver. 12. Upon this foundation . The foundation is Christ and His doctrine: or the true faith in Him, working through charity. The building upon this foundation, gold, silver, and precious stones , signifies the more perfect preaching and practice of the Gospel; the wood, hay, and stubble , such preaching as that of the Corinthian teachers (who affected the pomp of words and human eloquence) and such practice as is mixed with much imperfection and many lesser sins. Now the day of the Lord and his fiery trial (in the particular judgment immediately after death) shall make manifest of what sort every man’s work has been: of which, during this life, it is hard to make a judgment. For them, the fire of God’s judgment shall try every man’s work . And they, whose works , like wood, hay and stubble , cannot abide the fire, shall suffer loss , these works being found to be of no value; yet they themselves, having built upon the right foundation (by living and dying in the true Faith and in the state of grace, though with some imperfection), shall be saved, yet so as by fire; being liable to this punishment, by reason of the wood, hay and stubble, which was mixed with their building.
CONTENTS
Preface
CHAPTER 1
T HE E XISTENCE OF P URGATORY
Eternity
Purgatory
Sentiment
Reason
The Unanimous Concurrence of all Nations in the Belief in Purgatory
Opponents of Purgatory
Uninterrupted Tradition of the Church and Purgatory
Divine Revelation and Purgatory
CHAPTER 2
T HE C ONDITION OF THE S UFFERING S OULS IN P URGATORY
The Spiritual Condition of the Suffering Souls
Spiritual Torments of the Suffering Souls
The Suffering Souls’ Pain of Sense
Other Punishments of Purgatory
Consolations in Purgatory
The Duration of Purgatory
The Location of Purgatory
Credibility of Apparitions of Departed Souls
CHAPTER 3
O N THE M EANS OF R ELIEVING THE S UFFERING S OULS
On the Means of Relief in General
Catholic Burial
Prayer
Official Prayer of the Church for the Suffering