The dead in Christ

CONTENTS. Introduction. The Sorrows and the Uses of Bereavement i Old Testament view of Hades 10 No Hades for the Holy Dead 12 Christ's Descent into Hades 15 Paradise 17 S. Paul in Paradise 21 Abraham's Bosom 22 Under the Altar 23 Have the Departed Bodies? 26 The Life with Jesus in Paradise 31 The Holy Dead not in Purgatory 36 Their condition not one of Sleep 38 Their condition not one of Labour 39 The Life of Rest 40 Progressing towards Perfection 42 Means of Improvement: Recollection and Reflection 48 Their Sympathy with Earthly Life 52 Their Intercessions for us 56 Our Prayers for them 58 Intercourse of the Holy Dead 60 Imperfection of their State 65 General view of the condition of the Dead in Christ 69 Possibility of attaining the Rest of Paradise 73 Digitized by Google.