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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27340	The belief of praying for the dead	Belhaven, John Hamilton, Baron, 1656-1708.	1688 (1688)	Wing B1787; ESTC R16794	35,862	72

from the Apostles themselves For the Catholick Church every where observes this Nor would She give Alms or offer Sacrifice for Souls Departed unless she believ'd the Faithful Deceased receiv'd pardon of their Sins Nothing can be more fully exprest for Roman Catholicks First Prayers are offer'd for the Faithful deceased Secondly For their Rest and Remission of their Sins Thirdly The Catholick Church thorow the whole world practis'd the same Fourthly 'T was believ'd Apostolical Tradition And shall a pretended Reformer start up without any warrant of a new Revelation from Heaven and banish this Pious Devotion and contradict the whole Church of God and teach contrary to what the Blessed Apostles deliver'd S. Gregorie the Great Eminent for Learning and Piety and with whom the whole Church of Christ communicated in Religion page 6. the Discourser of his own accord gives up as one of ours so would he if he were just give us all the Fathers The Council of Calcedon Or the Fourth General which the Religion by Law Establish'd reverences approves of the same Doctrine Recording to Posterity what was laid to Dioscorus's Charge who was condemn'd by the Synod Amongst others of the Accusations which were brought against him we find that he was impeach'd and said to have dispos'd of a great summ of Money contrary to the Deceased's desires who gave it with intent to be pray'd for Conc. Calc an 451. Tom. 4. Conc. Lab. Pag. 401. Act. 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 But no body says the Acts of this OEcumenical Synod is ignorant of the business of the Renowned Peristeria of Happy Memory For She Commanded in her last Will and Testament a considerable summ of Money to be given for her Soul to Monasteries Hospitals Alms-Houses and to the Poor of the Aegyptian Province And yet by the disposal of Dioscorus things were so Order'd That as much as lay in him even Incense was not offer'd from the Sacrifice to GOD in Remembrance of the most Illustrious deceased Peristeria The Acts take Notice First That this Lady gave Money with intent that after her Death the Prayers of the Faithful should benefit her Soul. In Bulla pii Pont. This is our Article of Faith which obliges us firmly to hold that the Dead are help'd by the Prayers of the Living Secondly This was the Practice of the whole Church because spoken of with approbation in an OEcumenical Council and no body say the Acts was ignorant of it Thirdly The hinderance of this Devotion was look'd upon as a great Crime 'T was laid to Dioscorus's Charge In as much as lay in him Sacrifice was not offered for the Deceased Theodoretus Who liv'd at the same time that this general Council was assembled gives us another confirmation not of a private Person praying in his Oratory for the Soul of his deceased Friend but of the Emperor Theodosius prostrating himself before the Reliques of St. John Chrysostom Theod. l. 5. Histor c. 36. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and praying for the Souls of his deceased Parents Arcadius and Eudoxia His looks sayes this Historian and eyes fix'd on the Tombe of this Holy Man St. Chrysostom he let tears fall for his Parents and he beg'd that he the Saint would obtain pardon for them of their faults contracted through ignorance For long before this his Parents were dead and he was left very young and an Orphan St. Austin Is so clear in this Controversy for Roman Catholicks that Calvin had not confidence enough to deny it These are the Saints words St. Aug. Serm. 34. de verbis Apostoli Orationibus St. Ecclesiae Sacrificio salutari eleemosynis quae pro illorum spiritibus erogantur non est dubitandum mortuos adjuvari ut cum eis miseri cordiùs agatur à Domino quam eorum peccata meruerunt Hoc enim à Patribus traditum universa observat Ecclesia ut pro eis qui in corporis sanguinis Christi communione defuncti sunt cum ad ipsum sacrificium loco suo commemorantur Oretur Funeral Pomps attendance of Obsequies rich constructure of Monuments are some Comfort to the Living and no Relief to the Dead But it is not at all to be doubted that the Prayers of the holy Church the wholesome Sacrifice and Alms-deeds given for the deceased are beneficial to the Dead that God might deal more mildly with them than their sins have deserv'd For this which was delivered by our fore-Fathers the Vniversal Church observes to pray for those who are departed in the Communion of the Body and Blood of Christ when they are commemorated in their place at the Sacrifice Thus S. Austin And thus Roman Catholicks We pray for the Faithful deceased S. Austin prays for the same for those who are departed in the Communion of the Body and Blood of Christ We pray with intent that God may ease their Sufferings so did S. Austin That God might deal more meekly with them than their Sins have deserv'd We look upon this as part of our Christian Duty so did S. Austin For this which has been deliver'd by our fore-Fathers the Vniversal Church observes Nor is this Learned Father contented here He reckons the opposite Errour Heretical The Aerian Hereticks De Haeres num 53. de Aerio Aëriani ab Aerio quodam sunt nominati qui cum esset Presbyter doluisse fertur quod Episcopus non potuit ordinari in Arianorum haeresim lapsus propria quoque dogmata addidisse nonnulla dicens orare vel offerre pro Mortuis oblationem non oportere contra ista sentit Ecclesia Catholica sayes he take their Name from Aerius who being a Priest was griev'd that he could not get a Bishoprick and being fallen into the Arian Heresy he added some of his own peculiar Doctrines saying We ought not to pray nor offer sacrifice for the Dead The Catholick Church teaches the contrary This Aerius is the first Man we read of who deny'd Prayers for the Dead In what sense he deny'd them S. Austin declares viz. in the sense opposite to what the Vniversal Church observ'd Now the Universal Church pray'd as this Holy Father observes with intent to ease the Deceased in their Sufferings That GOD might deal more meekly with them than their Sins deserv'd S. Hierome Vindicates himself from Origen's Error in which some would involve him In Proverb cap. 2. Mortuo homine iniquo nulla erit ultra Spes Heu misere hanc sententiam pertransijt Origenes qui post universale extremumque judicium vitam credit omnibus impiis peccatoribus dandum Notandum autem quod etsi impiis post Mortem spes veniae non est sunt tamen qui de levioribus peccatis cum quibus obligati defuncti sunt post Mortem absolvi possunt vel poenis videlicet castigati vel suorum precibus eleemosynis Missarumque celebrationibus sed haec quibuscunque fiunt ante judicium de levioribus fiunt erratis writing thus