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Resumen
- The Catholic Church has no official teaching on ghosts, and it does not rule them out.
- It teaches that each soul is judged at death and goes to heaven, purgatory or hell (Catechism 1022, 1030).
- Augustine and Thomas Aquinas held that God can, as an exception, let the souls of the dead appear to the living.
- At Endor the dead prophet Samuel speaks to Saul (1 Samuel 28), and Sirach 46:20 says Samuel really prophesied after his death.
- The Church forbids conjuring up the dead and going to mediums (Deuteronomy 18:10–12; Catechism 2116).
- What it asks of us instead is prayer for the dead, above all by offering Mass for them (Catechism 958, 1032).
Bibliografía (Haga clic para mostrar)
- Citas de las Escrituras de la English Standard Version (Deuteronomio 18:11–12; 1 Samuel 28:3, 7–19; Mateo 14:26; 17:3; Lucas 24:37–39; Hebreos 9:27) y de la Revised Standard Version, Catholic Edition (Eclesiástico 46:20).
- El Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica, párrafo 958. https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P2B.HTM
- El Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica, párrafos 1021–1022. https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P2L.HTM
- El Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica, párrafos 1030–1032. https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P2N.HTM
- El Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica, párrafo 2116. https://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P7E.HTM
- Agustín, Sobre el cuidado que debe tenerse por los muertos, en Padres nicenos y post-nicenos, primera serie, vol. 3. https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1316.htm
- Tomás de Aquino, Summa Theologiae, Suplemento, cuestión 69, artículo 3. https://www.newadvent.org/summa/5069.htm
- “Necromancia”, La Enciclopedia Católica (1911), sobre las interpretaciones de 1 Samuel 28. https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10735a.htm
- “Me alegra que preguntes: ¿Creen los católicos en los fantasmas?” U.S. Catholic, 27 de octubre de 2023, entrevista con Matthew J. Cressler. https://uscatholic.org/articles/202310/glad-you-asked-do-catholics-believe-in-ghosts/
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