Summa Theologica

Suppl. IIIae q. 71 : Of The Suffrages For The Dead (Fourteen Articles)

[Letter] [A4] Entire question
[Letter] [A4] 1. Whether the suffrages of one person can profit others?
[Letter] [A4] 2. Whether the dead can be assisted by the works of the living?
[Letter] [A4] 3. Whether suffrages performed by sinners profit the dead?
[Letter] [A4] 4. Whether suffrages offered by the living for the dead profit those who offer them?
[Letter] [A4] 5. Whether suffrages profit those who are in hell?
[Letter] [A4] 6. Whether suffrages profit those who are in purgatory?
[Letter] [A4] 7. Whether suffrages avail the children who are in limbo?
[Letter] [A4] 8. Whether suffrages profit the saints in heaven?
[Letter] [A4] 9. Whether the prayers of the Church, the sacrifice of the altar and alms profit the departed?
[Letter] [A4] 10. Whether the indulgences of the Church profit the dead?
[Letter] [A4] 11. Whether the burial service profits the dead?
[Letter] [A4] 12. Whether suffrages offered for one deceased person profit the person for whom they are offered more than others?
[Letter] [A4] 13. Whether suffrages offered for several are of as much value to each one as if they had been offered for each in particular?
[Letter] [A4] 14. Whether general suffrages avail those for whom special suffrages are not offered, as much as special suffrages avail those for whom they are offered in addition to general suffrages?