LXXVIIII. De purgatorii poenis, de paradiso terrestri et de luce coclesti.
LXXVIIII. De purgatorii poenis, de paradiso terrestri et de luce coclesti.
For through the most powerful force of the Divine, which forgives sins and has stripped hell of its power, certain elements and through certain elements are set aside for the liberation of souls in purgatorial punishment. But the earthly paradise was soon given to the souls that were freed from purgatorial pains and snatched away from them. But that heavenly light, which no one can either see or comprehend, is soon prepared for the glorious and virtuous souls whose virtues have come forth from the power of Divinity.
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Nam per fortissimam vim Divinitatis, quae peccata dimittit, et quae infernum despoliavit, in quibusdam elementis et per quaedam elementa purgatoriae poenae liberandis animabus positae sunt.
Sed terrestris paradisus purgatis et de poenis ereptis animabus mox datus est.
Lux autem illa coelestis, quam homo nec intueri nec discernere potest, gloriosis et virtuosis animabus, quarum virtutes ex vi Divinitatis processerunt, mox praeparata est.
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