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Christianity: Faith, Scripture and Tradition

The Birth of Purgatory

by Jacques Le Goff · Arthur Goldhammer (trans.)

A landmark study by the French medievalist arguing that purgatory as a distinct place in the otherworld emerged in the late twelfth century. Le Goff traces the idea from early Christian prayers for the dead through visions, scholastic theology and Dante, and links it to wider social change.

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