Editing All Souls' Day (section)

==Background==
[[File:Non bezoekt kerkhof met Allerzielen - Nun visiting graveyard at All Souls' Day (6288419977).jpg|thumb|Nun visiting a graveyard at All Souls' Day]]
In the [[Catholic Church]], "[[Faithful (baptized Catholic)|the faithful]]" refers essentially to baptized Catholics; "all souls" commemorates the [[church penitent]] of souls in [[purgatory]], whereas "all saints" commemorates the [[church triumphant]] of [[saint]]s in [[Heaven in Christianity|heaven]]. In the [[Liturgical books of the Roman Rite|liturgical book]]s of the [[Latin Church]] it is called the ''Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed'' ({{langx|la|links=yes|Commemoratio omnium fidelium defunctorum}}). The Catholic Church teaches that the purification of the souls in purgatory can be assisted by the actions of the faithful on earth. Its teaching is based also on the practice of [[prayer for the dead]] mentioned as far back as 2 Maccabees 12:42–46.<ref name=CCC /> The theological basis for the feast is the doctrine that the souls which, on departing from the body, are not perfectly cleansed from [[venial sin]]s, or have not fully atoned for past transgressions, are debarred from the [[Beatific vision]], and that the faithful on earth can help them by prayers, [[alms]], deeds, and especially by the sacrifice of the [[Holy Mass]].{{sfn|Mershman|1907}}

In the [[Lutheranism]], "the whole people of God in Christ Jesus" are seen as saints and All Souls Day commemorates those believers who have died as the 'faithful departed'.<ref name="Joyocala">{{cite web |title=All Souls' Day |url=https://joyocala.wordpress.com/2023/11/02/all-souls-day-2/ |publisher=Joy Lutheran Church |location=[[Ocala, Florida|Ocala]] |language=en |date=2 November 2023}}</ref>

The [[United Protestant]] tradition emphasizes "the Christian belief in bodily resurrection and eternal life" in observances of All Souls Day.<ref name="Deshpande2023">{{cite web |last1=Deshpande |first1=Sanjana |title=Christians across India commemorate 'All Souls' Day' |url=https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/photo/christians-across-india-commemorate-all-souls-day-98011/5 |publisher=[[Mid-Day]] |access-date=2 November 2024 |language=en |date=3 November 2023}}</ref>

All Souls Day is seen by many Christian leaders are one in which [[ecumenism]] is celebrated, given that believers from various denominations collectively visit Christian cemeteries that are interdenominational in nature.<ref name="Vatican2015">{{cite web |title=All Souls Day in South Asia an ecumenical event  |url=https://www.archivioradiovaticana.va/storico/2015/11/02/all_souls_day_in_south_asia_an_ecumenical_event_%E2%80%8E/en-1183913 |publisher=[[Vatican Radio]] |access-date=2 November 2024 |date=2 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="TOI2012"/> Christians from the Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, Methodist and Baptist denominations often come together to clean, repair and then decorate graveyards together.<ref name="UCA2014"/><ref name="TOI2012"/> Ecumenical prayer services are often held at Christian cemeteries on All Souls Day.<ref name="TOI2012">{{cite web |title=Shillong, Dibrugarh residents remember departed loved ones on All Souls' Day |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/shillong-dibrugarh-residents-remember-departed-loved-ones-on-all-souls-day/articleshow/17071096.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=2 November 2024 |date=3 November 2012}}</ref>