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There are no satisfactory doctrinal statements on these issues. Maybe Dame Julian of Norwich stated the truth when she told us of her vision of Hell. It was empty. I was brought up for a few years in a Franciscan parish, and my parents were keen on Franciscan traditions, and the Franciscans always emphasised the love of God, his kindness and his mercy. These traditions have shaped my thinking.

Thank you for your comment July 8, 2019, in answer to my previous, same-day question.

The comment box below contains the appetizing description of teacakes as muffins with fruit.

Does any fruit do or might certain fruits be likelier in teacakes than others?

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Baptism, confession, confirmation, Mass, marriage, holy orders, Last Rites are the sacred seven.

Perhaps Jesus Christ being baptized, calling for an "I'm sorry" to God and inventing the Last Supper respectively can be considered predictive of the sacred trio called baptism, confession and Mass.

Did Jesus Christ, by believers dutified into disciples, disciples dutified into apostles, deliver us the sacred duo designated as confirmation and holy orders?

How might he have modeled the sacred duo monikered marriage and Last Rites?

The introductory paragraph describes some holloways as 18 feet (5.4864 meters) deep.

Do they have some expectable width?

The third subheading, The discussion, advises us that "The Vatican dismisses it [the Jesus' wife papyrus] as a forgery, but whether they think the forgery is modern or ancient is not clear."

Does that dismissal exist in public-access form?

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Some Unitedstatesians employ leaf blowers -- as clippings, debris, dirt blowers -- for insect pest-free, insect pest-reduced control.

Some Unitedstatesians gather all those blown-together clippings, debris, dirt for composting even as other Unitedstatesians gather them for Waste Management collection days.

Is this a Tatton Show problem year weed-mitigating strategy?

The third paragraph to the third subheading, Other thoughts, advises us that "It was the doctrine of limbo that was the first time when I thought that a teacher was wrong. I was six at the time when the adorable Miss McLeish told us that there were four places: heaven, hell, purgatory and limbo, but when the end of the world came there would only be heaven and hell. She told us that we don't know what will happen to those in limbo. "God takes them to heaven" I said, to which she replied "God can't do that." I knew that she was wrong, as God can do anything, but I said nothing. Miss McLeish had already told my mother that I was a dreamer, as I had a tendency to be often lost in my own thoughts.Maybe that's what writers are like."

Are there any traditions as to where limbo and purgatory are after the end of the world?

Does their disappearance destine those in hell to hell since no limbo domiciles ancients and innocents and no purgatory domiciles hell-dwellers as they do atonement, penance duty?

Probably. It was the norm at the time.

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Online sources attribute to William III (Nov 14, 1650-March 8, 1702) an approximate 30-day mourning period for his wife, Mary II (April 30, 1662-Dec. 28, 1694).

Did he wear black those 30-some days?

Keeping the ground free of weeds to prevent cover for insects. Encouraging predators.

Keeping the ground free of weeds to prevent cover for insects. Encouraging predators.

She wore predominantly black.

We were taught in primary school that he would destroy it by fire, but that is a mere theological opinion. There are no other traditions that I know about. My stance is made clear in my response to Jehovah's witnesses. When they ask me whether I believe in the end of the world I say yes, but when they ask me if it is coming soon I reply that I don't know, but as I am seventy three and suffering from an incurable disease unless the end happens in the next twenty years I am unconcerned.

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Your last in-text image boosts my fresh garden-vegetable appetite perhaps as much as insect attendees'.

What methods did you employ to control insect attendance, particularly in the Tatton Show problem year?

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Online sources describe Queen Victoria as donning black every day for 40 years after the death of Prince Albert. Did she don black from head to foot or did she just don something, however major, however minor, black all that time?

Please excuse me if this figures somewhat morbidly.

Might Queen Victoria have been buried in black dress, footwear, gloves and veil?