[quote:2fjakdtl]Here’s one “Therefore (Judas Maccabeus)made atonement for the dead,that they might be delivered from their sins.”Let us help and commemorate them. If Job’s sons were purified by their father’s sacrifice,why would we doubt that our offerings for the dead bring them some consolation? Let us not hesitate to help those who have died and to offer our prayers for them.[/quote:2fjakdtl]

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