What is the differences of All Souls Day and All Saints Day?

Answer 1

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Catholic AnswerAll Saints Day is a holy day of Obligation, so attendance at Mass is required. Holy Souls Day, the day following, is for all the faithful departed in purgatory. That entire eight days is the opportunity to earn a plenary indulgence each day, so people go to confession, receive Holy Communion each day, and pray for the intentions of the Holy Father. A plenary indulgence application to the Souls in Purgatory (which is only plenary during this Octave) is available for visiting a grave, and praying for the dead each day.

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The Order of Prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours and Celebration of the Eucharist 2010, compiled by Rev. Peter D. Rocca, C.S.C., Paulist Press Ordo, Mahwah, NJ © 2009

All Saints

First mentioned in the 4th century Eastern feast of All Martyrs (13 May) and attested to by St. Ephrem of Edessa (†373), this feast came to be celebrated on other days as well in the East, e.g., Easter Friday, and the Sunday after Pentecost, the day of its observance in some places in the West. In 609 or 610, the Roman Pantheon was dedicated on 13 May under the title S. Maria ad Martyres. Many see in this the origin of All Saints Day. For reasons which are unclear, Pope Gregory IV (827-844) transferred the feast from May to 1 November, adopting perhaps the English-Gallican practice dating from the first quarter of the 8th century.

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A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957The feast (Nov. 1 in the Western Church) on which are commemorated all the saints of God, canonized and uncanonized, known and unknown. It is a feast of the highest rank, with a fasting vigil and an Octave. It was formerly often called All Hallow's in England. Religious orders have a feast of all the saints of their order later in the month. In the Byzantine rite it is kept on the first Sunday after Pentecost and on other days in other rites. "The feast of All Saints seems to me to be in some sort a greater than that of Easter or the Ascension. Our Lord is perfected in this mystery, because, as our Head, he is only perfect and fulfilled when he is united to all his members, the saints . . . it is glorious because it manifests exteriorly the hidden life of Jesus Christ. The greatness of perfection of the saints is entirely the work of his spirit dwelling in them" (M. Olier)

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Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices by Ann Ball, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. C 2003

The annual commemoration of all the faithful departed, November 2.

The dead were prayed for from the earliest days of the Church. By the sixth century, Benedictine monasteries customarily held commemorations for departed members at Pentecost. A common commemoration of all the faithful departed on the day after All Saints' Day was begun in the Abbey of Cluny by St. Odilio in 998. Five years later, it was recommended and approved by Pope Sylvester II, and from the eleventh to the fourteenth centuries the feast gradually spread throughout Europe.

In the Western Church, All Souls Day was set for November 2 so that the memories of all the souls, both of the saints in heaven and the souls of those in purgatory, could be celebrated on two successive days. In this way, the Christian belief in the communion of saints could be more clearly expressed. In Eastern Rites, commemorations for the souls in purgatory are celebrated during the Easter season.

Throughout the world, numerous customs and pious traditions were associated with the celebrations in honor of the dead. Almost all ethnic traditions include special prayers, decorations, foods, lights, and the visiting and maintenance of graves. Some groups distribute food to the poor on this day, and others visit graves of the "forgotten," plots that would otherwise remain neglected and unadorned.

Answer 2

All Saints Day falls on November 1 and honors all saints, named and unnamed, known and unknown.

All Souls Day in on November 2 and on this day we pray for the poor souls waiting in Purgatory.

Both are differest and distinct feast days.
All Saints' day is when we honour all the saints, including those who have not been canonized. All Souls' Day is when we offer prayers, penance, and good works for the souls in purgatory.

Answer 3

All Saint's Day was created to mimic the pagan Celt holiday of Samhain. It is the feast day of all of the Saints, known or not. All Soul's Day has the same origin, but instead of Saints it celebrates all of the souls of dead people (in Mexico, La Dia de los Muertos).

Roman Catholic AnswerI'm sorry, but the above answer is nonsense. The purpose for the Solemnity of All Saints is to celebrate all those saints who do not have a named feast in the Church calendar. The celebration of All Souls Day is to pray for the departed souls suffering in purgatory. Neither celebration has any root in pagan festivals, much less is their meaning derived from the pagans.

from The Order of Prayer in the Liturgy of the Hours and Celebration of the Eucharist 2010, compiled by Rev. Peter D. Rocca, C.S.C., Paulist Press Ordo, Mahwah, NJ © 2009

All Saints First mentioned in the 4th century Eastern feast of All Martyrs (13 May) and attested to by St. Ephrem of Edessa (†373), this feast came to be celebrated on other days as well in the East, e.g., Easter Friday, and the Sunday after Pentecost, the day of its observance in some places in the West. In 609 or 610, the Roman Pantheon was dedicated on 13 May under the title S. Maria ad Martyres. Many see in this the origin of All Saints Day. For reasons which are unclear, Pope Gregory IV (827-844) transferred the feast from May to 1 November, adopting perhaps the English-Gallican practice dating from the first quarter of the 8th century.

from A Catholic Dictionary, edited by Donald Attwater, Second edition, revised 1957

The feast (Nov. 1 in the Western Church) on which are commemorated all the saints of God, canonized and uncanonized, known and unknown. It is a feast of the highest rank, with a fasting vigil and an Octave. It was formerly often called All Hallow's in England. Religious orders have a feast of all the saints of their order later in the month. In the Byzantine rite it is kept on the first Sunday after Pentecost and on other days in other rites. "The feast of All Saints seems to me to be in some sort a greater than that of Easter or the Ascension. Our Lord is perfected in this mystery, because, as our Head, he is only perfect and fulfilled when he is united to all his members, the saints . . . it is glorious because it manifests exteriorly the hidden life of Jesus Christ. The greatness of perfection of the saints is entirely the work of his spirit dwelling in them" (M. Olier)

All Souls

from Encyclopedia of Catholic Devotions and Practices by Ann Ball, Our Sunday Visitor, Inc. C 2003

The annual commemoration of all the faithful departed, November 2.

The dead were prayed for from the earliest days of the Church. By the sixth century, Benedictine monasteries customarily held commemorations for departed members at Pentecost. A common commemoration of all the faithful departed on the day after All Saints' Day was begun in the Abbey of Cluny by St. Odilio in 998. Five years later, it was recommended and approved by Pope Sylvester II, and from the eleventh to the fourteenth centuries the feast gradually spread throughout Europe.

In the Western Church, All Souls Day was set for November 2 so that the memories of all the souls, both of the saints in heaven and the souls of those in purgatory, could be celebrated on two successive days. In this way, the Christian belief in the communion of saints could be more clearly expressed. In Eastern Rites, commemorations for the souls in purgatory are celebrated during the Easter season.

Throughout the world, numerous customs and pious traditions were associated with the celebrations in honor of the dead. Almost all ethnic traditions include special prayers, decorations, foods, lights, and the visiting and maintenance of graves. Some groups distribute food to the poor on this day, and others visit graves of the "forgotten," plots that would otherwise remain neglected and unadorned.

Answer 4

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Catholic AnswerAll Saints Day, on 1 November each year, is the day in the Church when we honor all those souls who are in heaven. The calendar became much too crowded very early on to have a feast for every saint, especially with the Romans busy making more each year. All Souls Day, on 2 November, commemorates all those who have died and are now in purgatory, being cleansed from their sins and awaiting heaven. On this day, and on the entire month of November, the Church, and the faithful, pray especially for all those who have died and are still suffering in purgatory, that they may be loosed from their sins. See 2 Maccabees 13:46 "It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins."

Answer 5

All Saints' Day is celebrated on November 1. It used to be on May 13 but was changed. The two popes who changed the date were Pope Gregory III and Pope Gregory IV.

Answer 6

All Saints Day is November 1. All Souls Day is November 2.

Answer 7

All Saints Day is celebrated the day after Halloween, on November 1.
All Saints day is Nov 1st--right after Halloween!

Answer 8

All Saints Day is celebrated wherever a Catholic priest is celebrating Mass that day.