...not give us chapter and verse for praying for the dead ! It must be confessed they do. Here it is. " It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosened from their sins." 2 Macb. 12 : 46. This looks like Scripture, though it does...

...contrary to the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England. The inscription on the stone, was, " Pray for the soul of J. Woolfrey. It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead. 2 Maccabees, xii. 46." Now, in the first place, the Court would perceive that this passage was taken...

...Woolfrey, at Curisbrooke, in the Isle of Wight, bearing the inscription, " Pray for the soul of Joseph Woolfrey." "It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead." — Mace. ii. 12. The Popish clamour which has been raised against the complaining minister, the strange...

..."Ecclesiastical Reports," Breeks v. Woolfrey, 190. The inscription on the tombstone ran as follows : — "Pray for the soul of J. Woolfrey. It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead " (2 Mac. xii. 46) ; which was objected to as involving the doctrine of purgatory, but the Court held...

...had she not caused to be placed upon it the following inscription : — " Pray for the Soul of Joseph Woolfrey. — It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the Dead. — 2 Mace. xii. 46." Against this inscription the worthy vicar seems to have taken exception, as being...

...having erected in the churchyard of that parish, a stone inscribed : " Pray for the soul of JOSEPH WOOLFREY. It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead. 2 Maccab. xii. 46." — the latter part of the inscription being a quotation from the Roman Catholic...

...inscription. The inscription set forth in the articles was, " Tray for the soul of Joseph Woolfrey," and " It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead." (2 Maccab. xii. 46.) Now, from the nature of the case, — which was a criminal proceeding, — the...

...his place to interfere. His Lordship, indeed, gave his unsolicited personal opinion, that the words " It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead," were opposed to the doctrine of the Church of England ; but you will allow that we had a right to consider...

...contained, amongst other, the two following inscriptions — " Pray for the soul of J. Woolfrey ;" and '• It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead ;" both which inscriptions were contrary to the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England, and...

...Ghost. Amen. Our Father, &e. Hail Mary full of grace, &c. FOR THE DEAD. Oh God who hast taught us that it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be loosed from their sins, grant we beseech thee, that our humble prayers in behalf of...