The teaching Magisterium of the
Church also affirms
the belief in purgatory.
Council of Lyons
II (1274)
We believe ... that the souls,
by the purifying compensation
are purged after death.
Council of
Florence (1438)
Repeated the Council of Lyons II
(1274).
Council of Trent
(1545-1563)
We constantly hold that
purgatory exists, and that the souls
of the faithful there detained
are helped by the prayers of the
faithful.
