Purgatory Reading List (Updated)

Let me be clear. I don't know much. That's the first thing.

Second, a lack of knowledge can be remedied by a little study. To that end, I'd like to put forth a list of publications (online or otherwise) that I am either reading, have recently purchased, have spotted at the library, or otherwise would like to take a look at. Over the course of my blog-lifetime, I would like to break apart each of these sources and see what there is to see. If any readers have suggestions for additional reading material, please leave a comment. I plan to update this post from time to time.

Here we go:

• Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 1020-1065)


• Summa Theologica by St. Thomas Aquinas (ST A.1, A.2)


• Summa Contra Gentiles by St. Thomas Aquinas (SCG IV)


• Purgatory Explained by Fr. F.X. Schouppe S.J. (Many thanks to my sister-in-law for this)


• Thirty-day Devotions for the Holy Souls by Susan Tassone


• Charity for the Suffering Souls: An Explanation of the Catholic Doctrine of Purgatory by Rev. John A. Nageleisen


• The Birth of Purgatory by Jacques Le Goff


• An Unpublished Manuscript on Purgatory by Sister M. de L. C.


• The revelation of the Monk of Eynsham by Adam of Eynsham


• The supplication of Souls by St. Thomas More


• The Life and Revelations of St. Gertrude the Great by St. Gertrude


• Treatise on Pugatory by St. Catherine of Genoa [NB: known as the Apostle of Purgatory... oops]


• The Legacy of Purgatory: The Continuing English Eschatological Controversy by Chase Machen (Thesis)


• Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri (for illustrative purposes)


• Life of St Lidwina by Johannes Brugman and Thomas a' Kempis


• Stories About Purgatory And What They Reveal Compiled from Traditional Sources


• On purgatory by St. Robert Bellarmine [I'm having an IMPOSSIBLE time finding the majority of his works in English]


• Father Paul of Moll by Edward van Speybrouck


• How to Avoid Purgatory by Fr. Paul O'Sullivan, O.P.