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Treatise on Purgatory
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Saint Catherine of Genoa's Treatise on Purgatory has always been greatly admired for its loftiness and the reliability of its doctrine. The Saint dictated it according to what she had learned in her visions, but even more according to the experience of her own spiritual life. To express the sufferings of the souls in purgatory, Catherine attempted to convey the violence of the love of God in her heart, along with her desire for perfect purity. Few writings make us understand more clearly what purgatory consists in, or give us a more exact idea of the infinite holiness of God.
Saint Catherine of Genoa's Treatise on Purgatory has always been greatly admired for its loftiness and the reliability of its doctrine. The Saint dictated it according to what she had learned in her visions, but even more according to the experience of her own spiritual life. To express the sufferings of the souls in purgatory, Catherine attempted to convey the violence of the love of God in her heart, along with her desire for perfect purity. Few writings make us understand more clearly what purgatory consists in, or give us a more exact idea of the infinite holiness of God.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION .....Page 7
CHAPTER 1 .....11
The state of souls in purgatory. — They are devoid of all self-love.CHAPTER 2 .....14
The joy of souls in purgatory. — The Saint explains their ever-increasing vision of God. — The difficulty of speaking about their state.CHAPTER 3 .....16
Separation from God is the greatest pain of purgatory: therein lies the difference between purgatory and hell.CHAPTER 4 .....18
The difference between the state of the souls in hell and that of the souls in purgatory. — The Saint’s reflections concerning those who neglect their salvation.CHAPTER 5 .....20
The peace and joy which are found in purgatory.CHAPTER 6 .....22
A comparison to express the violence of love with which the souls in purgatory desire to possess God.CHAPTER 7 .....24
The marvelous wisdom of God in the creation of purgatory and of hell.CHAPTER 8 .....26
The necessity of purgatory, and its dreadful character.CHAPTER 9 .....28
How God and the soul consider each other in purgatory. — The Saint confesses that she has no words to express these things.CHAPTER 10 .....31
How God makes use of purgatory to complete the purification of the soul.CHAPTER 11 .....33
The desire of souls in purgatory to be purified from the slightest stain of sin. — The wisdom of God in veiling their defects from them.CHAPTER 12 .....35
How joy and suffering are united in purgatory.CHAPTER 13 .....37
The souls in purgatory can no longer merit. — How they regard the suffrages offered for them in this world.CHAPTER 14 .....39
The submission of the souls in purgatory to the will of God.CHAPTER 15 .....40
Reproaches of the soul in purgatory to persons in this world.CHAPTER 16 .....42
The sufferings of the souls in purgatory do not prevent their peace and joy.CHAPTER 17 .....44
The Saint concludes by applying all that she has said concerning the souls in purgatory, to what she experiences in her own soul.
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Saint Catherine of Genoa's Treatise on Purgatory has always been greatly admired for its loftiness and the reliability of its doctrine. The Saint dictated it according to what she had learned in her visions, but even more according to the experience of her own spiritual life. To express the sufferings of the souls in purgatory, Catherine attempted to convey the violence of the love of God in her heart, along with her desire for perfect purity. Few writings make us understand more clearly what purgatory consists in, or give us a more exact idea of the infinite holiness of God.