...Ghost. Amen. Our Father, &e. Hail Mary full of grace, &c. FOR THE DEAD. Oh God who hast taught us that it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be loosed from their sins, grant we beseech thee, that our humble prayers in behalf of...

...head-stone, there are contained among others, the following inscriptions, namely, " Pray for the soul of J. Woolfrey," — and " It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead," both which said inscriptions we do further article and object to you to be contrary to the doctrine...

...Ghost. Amen. Our Father, &c. Hail, Mary, full of grace, &c. FOR THB DEAD. O God, who hast taught us that it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead that they may be loosed from their sins, grant, we beseech thee, that our humble prayers in. behalf...

...counterpart in the rest of the sacred volume. And in the same second book of Maccabees, we read that " it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be washed from their sins." In another portion of the Apocrypha, especially in the book...

...not only for the living, but also for the dead. 11. Is it then lawful to pray for the dead ? Yes : " It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sins." (2 Mac. xii. 46.) 10. For all mankind. — / exhort that...

...in the Articles, and were as follows, " Spes mea Christus." " Pray for the soul of J. Woolfrey." " It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead." "2 Mac. xij. 46." "JW obiitd. die Jan'. 1838, a>*. 50." Sir Herbert Jenner said that prayers for the dead...

...and still members of the church, they share in the communion of saints ; and the scripture says, " It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from their sine." 2 Mace. xii. 46. Q. What shall I do that I may have life...

...And as he is an object of our pious solicitude, he should be a frequent subject of our prayers, for "it is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins." And now having ascended this pulpit, the chair of Catholic doctrine...

...churchyard of Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, the following words : — " Pray for the soul of Joseph Woolfrey. It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead.— 2 Mace. xii. 46." The Court decided that the church of England held that no necessary connexion whatever...

...not give us chapter and verse for praying for the dead ? It must be confessed they do. Here it is. " It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosened from their sins." 2 Macb. xii. 46. — This looks like scripture, though...