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We must now consider the suffrages for the dead. Under this head there are fourteen points of inquiry:
A[1] Whether suffrages performed by one person can profit others?
A[2] Whether the dead can be assisted by the works of the living?
A[3] Whether the suffrages of sinners profit the dead?
A[4] Whether suffrages for the dead profit those who perform them?
A[5] Whether suffrages profit those who are in hell?
A[6] Whether they profit those who are in purgatory?
A[7] Whether they avail the children in limbo?
A[8] Whether in any way they profit those who are heaven?
A[9] Whether the prayer of the Church, the Sacrament of the altar, and almsgiving profit the departed?
A[10] Whether indulgences granted by the Church profit them?
A[11] Whether the burial service profits the departed?
A[12] Whether suffrages for one dead person profit that person more than others?
A[13] Whether suffrages for many avail each one as much as if they were offered for each individual?
A[14] Whether general suffrages avail those for whom special suffrages are not offered, as much as special and general suffrages together avail those for whom they are offered?