Our Lady of Mount Carmel and Purgatory
Our Lady of Mount Carmel has been related with Purgatory from centuries ago. In some cases, she is showed accompanied with angels and souls wearing Brown Scapulars, pleading for her mediation, though in 1613 the Church forbade such images to be made, due to erroneous doctrine that was being preached about the Scapular privileges ("the Sabbatine Privilege").
Our Lady of Mount Carmel has been related with Purgatory from centuries ago. In some cases, she is showed accompanied with angels and souls wearing Brown Scapulars, pleading for her mediation, though in 1613 the Church forbade such images to be made, due to erroneous doctrine that was being preached about the Scapular privileges ("the Sabbatine Privilege").
That privilege appears in a Decree of the Holy Office (1613), and later was inserted in its entirety (except for the words forbidding the painting of the pictures) into the list of the indulgences and privileges of the Confraternity of the Scapular of Mount Carmel.
Today, the Carmelite Orders, while encouraging a belief in Mary's general aid and prayerful assistance for their souls beyond death and commending devotion to Mary especially on Saturdays which are dedicated to her, explicitly state in their official catechetical materials that they do not promulgate the Sabbatine privilege, and are at one with official Church teaching on the matter.
