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Purgatorial Insurance Company Exposes Religious Superstition

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 5, 1879

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 53, No. 23.

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Purgatorial Insurance Company Exposes Religious Superstition

A new business organization has just come to our notice, which shows how men will feed and fatten on the superstitions of their fellows. The Christian Union of May 28 says: “There is, or was a few years ago, in this city, a Purgatorial Insurance Company, which issued certificates to those who paid a certain amount, guaranteeing them a sufficient number of masses to secure their own speedy release from purgatory.”