Intermediate state after death for purification, according to the belief of some Christians

Souls in purgatory, looking up at the wounds of Christ and at the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart. Watercolour.

Saint Teresa: she is encouraged by Christ to bring aid to Bernardino de Mendoza in purgatory by building a convent on land given to her by Bernardino. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.

Saint Andrew Avellino. Engraving by L.M.

The levels of hell depicted as circular stone tiers; purgatory lies outside its walls. Engraving.

The death of infants: a skeleton representing Death grabs and eats infants who die innocent of vice but unendowed with the theological virtues. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.

Episodes in Dante's Divine comedy. Etchings by B. Pinelli, 1824-1826.

Saint Teresa: she is encouraged by Christ to bring aid to Bernardino de Mendoza in purgatory by building a convent on land given to her by Bernardino. Engraving by C. Warren after Sir P.P. Rubens.

The circles of hell and limbo (containing Abraham and Lazarus) beneath the earth; snakes appear at the surface of the earth. Engraving by J. Wierix, 1595.

The popish doctrine of purgatory repugnant to the scripture account of remission through the blood of Christ . A sermon preached at Salters-Hall, March 27, 1735. By J. Earle, D.D.

1 print : etching, with aquatint and watercolour ; platemark ca. 47.5 x 41 cm

A physician being tormented with medical and surgical treatments by grotesque figures representing his former patients. Coloured etching by R. Newton, 1792, after G.M. Woodward.

The popish doctrine of purgatory repugnant to the scripture account of remission through the blood of Christ  A sermon preached at Salters-Hall, March 27, 1735. By J. Earle, D.D.

1 print : etching ; platemark 27.7 x 36 cm

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 23.1 x 14.6 cm

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Purgatory

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The popish doctrine of purgatory repugnant to the scripture account of remission through the blood of Christ . A sermon preached at Salters-Hall, March 27, 1735. By J. Earle, D.D.

A physician being tormented with medical and surgical treatments by grotesque figures representing his former patients. Coloured etching by R. Newton, 1792, after G.M. Woodward.

The popish doctrine of purgatory repugnant to the scripture account of remission through the blood of Christ A sermon preached at Salters-Hall, March 27, 1735. By J. Earle, D.D.

The death of infants: a skeleton representing Death grabs and eats infants who die innocent of vice but unendowed with the theological virtues. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.

The circles of hell and limbo (containing Abraham and Lazarus) beneath the earth; snakes appear at the surface of the earth. Engraving by J. Wierix, 1595.

Purgatory

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Images referencing Purgatory

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The popish doctrine of purgatory repugnant to the scripture account of remission through the blood of Christ . A sermon preached at Salters-Hall, March 27, 1735. By J. Earle, D.D.

A physician being tormented with medical and surgical treatments by grotesque figures representing his former patients. Coloured etching by R. Newton, 1792, after G.M. Woodward.

The popish doctrine of purgatory repugnant to the scripture account of remission through the blood of Christ A sermon preached at Salters-Hall, March 27, 1735. By J. Earle, D.D.

The death of infants: a skeleton representing Death grabs and eats infants who die innocent of vice but unendowed with the theological virtues. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1825.

The circles of hell and limbo (containing Abraham and Lazarus) beneath the earth; snakes appear at the surface of the earth. Engraving by J. Wierix, 1595.

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