The Intermediate State and Prayers for the Dead
Author: Charles Henry Hamilton Wright
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Published: 1900
Total Pages: 364
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Charles Henry Hamilton Wright
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Published: 1900
Total Pages: 364
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Charles Henry Hamilton Wright
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781019558089
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A scholarly examination of the concept of an afterlife and the practice of praying for the dead in various religious traditions. The author draws on scriptural and historical sources to provide a comprehensive overview of the topic. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Herbert Mortimer Luckock
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Published: 1891
Total Pages: 290
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Stephen Yates
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2017-01-26
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1501312294
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Christians look with hope to the resurrection of the dead and the restoration of all things. But what of those who have already died? Do they also await these things, or have they in some sense already happened for them? Within the Catholic theological community, this question has traditionally been answered in terms of the disembodied souls of human beings awaiting bodily resurrection. Since the 1960s, Catholic theologians have proposed two alternatives: resurrection at death into the Last Day and the consummation of all things, or resurrection in death into an interim state in which the embodied dead await, with us, the final consummation of all things. This book critically examines the Scriptural, philosophical and theological reasons for these alternatives and, on the basis of this analysis, offers an account of the traditional schema which makes clear that in spite of these challenges it remains the preferable option.
Author: Herbert Mortimer Luckock
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Published: 1891
Total Pages: 304
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: James B Gould
Publisher: Lutterworth Press
Published: 2017-08-31
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 0718845994
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Throughout history, Christians have prayed for the dead - both for continual growth of the faithful and for their advancement from purgatory, and sometimes, even, for the deliverance of the unsaved from hell. Understanding Prayer for the Dead defends all three kinds of prayer. It challenges Protestants, who seldom pray for the dead, to begin doing so - and Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox, who pray only for the Christian dead, to include the unsaved as well. James B. Gould addresses the biblical credentials of prayer for the dead and provides a historical overview of such prayers from ancient Christianity to the current practice of the three main branches of the Church. He also discusses the logical assumptions prayer for the dead requires - that prayer is effective, that the dead are conscious, and that the afterlife involves change - and lays out a theological framework for such prayers. Prayer for the departed raises the most basic of theological questions, matters that go to the centre of God's purpose in creating spiritual beings and redeeming sinful humankind. The argument, while revisionary in some respects, is orthodox, ecumenical, and integrative, engaging a range of academic disciplines so as to be biblically accurate, historically informed, and philosophically reasoned.
Author: Patrick McCloskey
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Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780867169706
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The editor of "St. Anthony Messenger" magazine for many years, Fr. McCloskey has answered many questions in his "Ask a Franciscan" column. He mines that wealth of material to find the most helpful questions and answers for readers to help them see the connection between their faith and their spiritual growth as disciples of Jesus Christ.