Quod pro iis qui in bello ceciderunt oblationes offerri debeant
The Valiant Man of Judah
Scripture shows that offerings of alms, prayers, and sacrifices should be confidently made for the faithful dead, as when the valiant leader of Judah sent twelve thousand drachmas to Jerusalem for the sins of the dead, thinking devoutly of the resurrection.
That offerings of alms, prayers, and holy sacrifices should be made confidently for those who fell in battle while fighting faithfully, Scripture shows by saying: the most valiant man of Judah, after a collection had been made, sent twelve thousand drachmas of silver to Jerusalem to offer them there for the sins of the dead, thinking rightly and devoutly about the resurrection.
The Objection of Vanity
Many would consider it vain and superfluous to offer sacrifice for the dead.
…so that many would say it was vain and superfluous to offer sacrifice for the dead.
A Holy and Wholesome Thought
Those who fell asleep with true devotion have grace stored up for them, so it is a holy and wholesome thought to offer sacrifice for the dead that they may be released from their sins.
For he considered that those who had fallen asleep with true devotion would have the finest grace stored up for them. Therefore it is a holy and wholesome thought to offer sacrifice for the dead, so that they may be released from their sins. …verses 45, 46).
Read the original Latin
Quod pro his qui in bello fideliter bellantes ceciderunt, oblationes eleemosynarum, orationum, et sacrae hostiae fiducialiter offerri debeant, Scriptura demonstrat dicens: Vir fortissimus Juda, collatione facta, duodecim millia drachmas argenti misit Hierosolymam offerre ea ibi pro peccatis mortuorum, juste et religiose cogitans de resurrectione (II Mac. XII, 43), ut multi dicerent vanum et superfluum esse offerre pro mortuis. Consideravit enim quod hi, qui cum pietate dormitionem acceperant, optimam haberent repositam gratiam. Sancta ergo et salubris est cogitatio offerre sacrificium pro defunctis, ut a peccatis solvantur (ibid. , 45, 46).
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