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Treatise on Purgatory
St Catherine of Genoa · d. 1510
- 1 Editor's Preface
- 2 Treatise on Purgatory - 2. The joy of souls in purgatory. The saint illustrates their ever increasing vision of God. The difficulty of speaking about their state.
- 3 Treatise on Purgatory - 3. Separation from God is the greatest pain of purgatory. In this, purgatory differs from hell.
- 4 Treatise on Purgatory - 4. The difference between the state of the souls in hell and that of those in purgatory.
- 5 Treatise on Purgatory - 5. Of the peace and joy which are found in purgatory.
- 6 Treatise on Purgatory - 6. A comparison to express with how great violence of love the souls in purgatory desire to enjoy God.
- 7 Treatise on Purgatory - 7. Of the marvelous wisdom of God in the creation of purgatory and of hell.
- 8 Treatise on Purgatory - 8. Of the necessity of purgatory, and of its terrific character
- 9 Treatise on Purgatory - 9. How God and the soul reciprocally regard each other in purgatory. The saint confesses that she has no words to express these things.
- 10 Treatise on Purgatory - 10. How God makes use of purgatory to complete the purification of the soul. That she acquires therein a purity so great that if she were yet to remain after her purification she would cease to suffer.
- 11 Treatise on Purgatory - 11. The desire of souls in purgatory to be purified from every stain of sin. The wisdom of God in veiling from them their defects.
- 12 Treatise on Purgatory - 12. How joy and suffering are united in purgatory.
- 13 Treatise on Purgatory - 13. The souls in purgatory are not in a state to merit. How they regard the suffrages offered for them in this world.
- 14 Treatise on Purgatory - 14. Of the submission of the souls in purgatory to the will of God.
- 15 Treatise on Purgatory - 16. Showing that the sufferings of the souls in purgatory do not prevent their peace and joy.
- 16 Treatise on Purgatory - 17. Which concludes with an application of all that has been said concerning the souls in purgatory to what the saint experiences in her own soul.
- 17 St Catherine of Genoa