The friction point of Christian eschatology, and of Christian pastoral care, was the fate of the non valdes-of the non valde mali and the non valde boni: the "not altogether bad" and the "not altogether good." Such persons could be helped by the prayers and offerings of the living, provided that they had "qualified" for such help in this life, by living reasonably good lives:
( Peter R.L. Brown )
[ The Ransom of the Soul ]
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