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title: 'Rome and Purgatory'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Thomas Dwight Witherspoon, Sr.'
date: 1880-08-25
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Apologetical Method'
- 'Non-Christian Religions and Beliefs'
- 'Roman Catholic History'
scriptures:
- 'Exodus 20'
- 'Revelation 4'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/witherspoon-1880-rome-and-purgatory
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# Rome and Purgatory

1880 Central Presbyterian letters sharply critique Roman Catholic doctrines—denouncing veneration of Mary, indulgences, and harrowing Purgatory accounts while defending Protestant objections.

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