"Nous croyons que les âmes de tous ceux qui meurent dans la grâce du Christ, soit qu'elles aient encore à être purifiées au purgatoire, soit que dès l'instant où elles quittent leur corps, Jésus les prenne au paradis comme il a fait pour le bon larron, sont le peuple de Dieu dans l'au-delà de la mort, laquelle sera définitivement vaincue le jour de la résurrection où ces âmes seront réunies à leur corps."
Thus it is with faith and in hope that we look forward to the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Blessed be God Thrice Holy. Amen. ← Back to Index Zobacz artykuł w starym serwisie →
We believe in the communion of all the faithful of Christ, those who are pilgrims on earth, the dead who are attaining their purification, and the blessed in heaven, all together forming one Church; and we believe that in this communion the merciful love of God and His saints is
He will come again, this time in glory, to judge the living and the dead: each according to his merits—those who have responded to the love and piety of God going to eternal life, those who have refused them to the end going to the fire that is not
We believe that the multitude of those gathered around Jesus and Mary in paradise forms the Church of Heaven, where in eternal beatitude they see God as He is, and where they also, in different degrees, are associated with the holy angels in the divine rule exercised by Christ in