...expressly affirmed by the Dean of the Arches in the case of Woolfrey v. Breeks. " Spes mea Christus." " Pray for the soul of J. Woolfrey." " It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead." This was the inscription which originated the trial. The authorities refused to admit it into the churchyard...

...were offered, and many masses said, in behalf of this indomitable champion of the Church, knowing that it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be released from their sins. So thought the Maccabees — so thinks the Church of Jesus...

...Rev. 21: 27] ; and that some Christians 'shall be saved, yet so as by fire' [I Cor. 3 i 15] aud that 'it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins ' [2 Maccabees 12 : 46]." . Roman Catholic theologians, though...

...sent to Jerusalem, that sacrifices might be offered for those who had fallen. For he considered 'that it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins' (2 Mace. xii. 46). After this, Judas sent an embassy to the...

...were offered, and many masses said, in behalf of this indomitable champion of the Church, knowing that it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be released from their sins. So thought the Maccabees — so thinks the Church of Jesus...

...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 " (2 Maccabees xii. ); both which inscriptions were contrary to the doctrine and discipline of the...

...counterpart in the rest of the sacred volume. And in the same second book of Maccabees, we read that " it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins." In other portions of the Apocrypha, especially in the book...

...been no violation of the Articles of the Church of England. It was again maintained, that the words " It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead," were not those used in the English version of Maccabees : but then, he considered the main point to...

...expiated. Now, who but Priests should suggest these thoughts to the Faithful ? They should tell them that " it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead " (2 Machab. xii. 46) ; they should often remind them of the souls bound in this prison ; thus kindling...

...inscriptions. The inscriptions set forth in the articles being : ' Pray for the soul of J. Woolfrey,' and ' It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead ' (2 Mac. xii. 46). " This being a criminal proceeding, the burden of proving the charge lies on the...