...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...

...he considered, that such as made a pious end, had plenty of grace stored up for them. Ti< therefore a holy -and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be freed from their sins. GOSPEL. John vi. 37. 40. AT that time : Jesus said to the multitude of the Jews...

...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...

...of "Thomas Coen," the 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...

...the .dead are in formal 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...

...who expired, 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...

...considered that they who had 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...

...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:...

...that they, who had 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...

...Dublin. In the Name of 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...