...Holy Spirit, in accordance with Sacred Scripture and the ancient tradition of the Fathers (teaches) that there is a purgatory and that the souls detained there are helped by the prayers of the faithful and especially by the acceptable sacrifice of the altar" (Council...

...Holy Spirit, in accordance with Sacred Scripture and the ancient tradition of the Fathers (teaches) that there is a purgatory and that the souls detained there are helped by the prayers of the faithful and especially by the acceptable sacrifice of the altar" (Council...

...called purgatory. The defined teaching of the church is expressed in the words of the Council of Trent: 'That there is a purgatory and that the souls detained there are benefitted by the prayers of the faithful and especially by the acceptable sacrifice of the altar.'...

...somewhat vagnelp held by the early Fathers. The Council of Trent was especially emphatic in teaching that "there is a purgatory, and that the souls detained there are assisted by the suffrages of the faithful, but especially by the most acceptable sacrifice of the mass."...

...tradition of the Fathers in sacred councils, and very recently in this ecumenical Synod, has taught s to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselv assisted by the suffrages of the faithful, and especially by the acceptable sacrifice of the altar,...

...termination of their labors. The decree contains no formal exposition of the doctrine, but dectares briefly that '' there is a purgatory, and that the souls detained there are assisted bv the suffrages of the. faithful, hut especially by the acceptable sacrifice of the mass,"...