Purgatory and Indulgences from the Catechism of the Catholic Church
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Purgatory and Indulgences
from the 1917 Catholic Encyclopedia
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The subject
is treated in the 1917 Catholic Encyclopedia under
these headings:
I. Catholic
Doctrine
II. Errors
III. Proofs
IV. Duration
and Nature
V. Succouring
the Dead
VI. Indulgences
VII. Invocation
of Souls
VIII. Utility of Prayer
for the Departed
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