 | Joseph Nightingale - 1812 - 588 pàgines
...Jerusalem that sacrifice might be offered for the Main, and it is recommended as a wholesome practice to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins. Now these two books of Maccabees were certainly held iu great veneration by all antiquity ; and, as... | |
 | 1814 - 804 pàgines
...Titular Bishop: — "To the Clergy and Faithful of the Diocese of Clonfert. " It is a holy and wholesome thought to Pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins." — Macab. xii. 46. " Beloved Christians, — It is an article of Catholic belief that the souls of... | |
 | John Bell - 1814 - 420 pàgines
...opposition to what we read in the second book of Machabees (c. xii. v. 46.) It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins. Protestants indeed• have endeavoured to evade the force of this scriptural text, by denying the second... | |
 | Timothy Alden - 1814 - 306 pàgines
...tuesday, tlie 2 of April, 1811, aged 63 years. Machab. lib. nv 46. It is therefore an holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins. PHILADELPHIA, PEN. 9T2. Note. — The following paragraph is from the church records of the learned... | |
 | Catholic Church - 1815 - 738 pàgines
...fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them. It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins. GOSPEL. John vi. 37. 49. At that time: Jesus said to the multitude of the Jews: All that the Father... | |
 | John Mannock - 1815 - 352 pàgines
...that were slain in battle; the sacred writer concluding, that it is a wholesome and holy cogitation to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins, 2 Mach. xii. 43. —In the new law this doctrine is as ancient as the church; witness St. Augustin:... | |
 | Elizabeth Constantia Agnew - 1819 - 266 pàgines
...fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them. It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins." • The Scriptural references for that place of departed spirits, where they are detained till purified... | |
 | 1829 - 632 pàgines
...the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost : Amen.—" It Is, therefore, a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their tins."— 2 Mac. xii. 45. THE members who compose the Society of Office for the Dead, which commenced... | |
 | Peter Armstrong Whittle - 1821 - 1042 pàgines
...following inscription occurs, cut in stone, over the entrance : — " It is a holy and a wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins." 2nd Machiheus, xii. 43. The inside is ornamented with stucco work, representing the Holy Spirit, in... | |
 | Marmaduke Tulket - 1821 - 376 pàgines
...following inscription occurs, cut in stone, over the entrance : — " It is a holy and a wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins." 2nd Machabeus, xii. 43. The inside is ornamented with stucco work, representing the Holy Spirit, in... | |
| |
It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins. 
