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Offline Lazarus

Re: Popes against praying for decreased non-catholics
« Reply #5 on: Yesterday at 08:50:00 PM »
The Orthodox way of praying for the deceased is to do a conditional prayer. "If X is in Purgatory, please deliver X". 

While public prayers for heretics are banned, private prayers are not, as long as they are conditional.

If X is in heaven, or in hell, praying for them is useless. Prayers are only useful for someone in Purgatory. Since it's almost impossible to know if someone is in Purgatory or not, it's better that all prayers for deceased people should be conditional.


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Offline AnthonyPadua

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Re: Popes against praying for decreased non-catholics
« Reply #6 on: Yesterday at 11:51:06 PM »
Quote from: Lazarus on Yesterday at 08:50:00 PM
The Orthodox way of praying for the deceased is to do a conditional prayer. "If X is in Purgatory, please deliver X".

While public prayers for heretics are banned, private prayers are not, as long as they are conditional.

If X is in heaven, or in hell, praying for them is useless. Prayers are only useful for someone in Purgatory. Since it's almost impossible to know if someone is in Purgatory or not, it's better that all prayers for deceased people should be conditional.
The quotes in the OP also cover private prayer. Those who died outside the Church are not in purgatory, they are considered lost.
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