I recently went to a Catholic Funeral,we were visiting later on and they took a collection for the priest and said he was praying for this person to get out of purgatory.Were is the scripture for this?Were is the scripture for purgatory ?
2006-11-19 06:53:38 · 11 answers · asked by don_steele54 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Bible doesn't mention purgatory at all as this is yet another "invention" of the Catholic Church. Jesus made the truth very clear when he gave the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. There is only heaven and hell yet some deny the power of Christ by preaching that there is such a place and prey on their ignorance. There is no substitute for good Bible study.
2006-11-19 15:46:42 · answer #1 · answered by mandbturner3699 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The doctrine of purgatory is not in the bible. It is a great money maker for the catholic church; another one of their traditions. Purgatory actually mocks the work of Christ on the cross. Our entry into heaven is already paid by his crucifixion. There is nothing any priest can add to that by praying for the dead. Jesus gets all the credit!
2006-11-19 09:32:30 · answer #2 · answered by Freedom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well i don,t want to offend anyone but personally i do not believe in purgatory.I know that purgatory is practiced by Catholic,s however.As far as scripture,I have read the Bible from cover to cover many times and i don,t find purgotory anywhere in the Bible.I feel you live your life here on earth,and when you die your soul returns to your maker GOD,and he is your judge.i feel that each and every person are responsible for their own sins.it states in the bible that each of us will stand before judgement .If you are a sinner than you were an evil person you will go to hell,its your own choice,hell was not meant for us but for the devil and his angels,we have a choice to be who we choose here on earth and when we die,then the judgement.I don,t feel that other people can pray you through to heaven.Your relationship with god is a personal thing.It also states in the Bible to call no one father on this earth,for there is only One Father and that is God...If you were at a catholic funeral however ,I would respect their beliefs,in silence out of respect.
2006-11-19 07:21:25 · answer #3 · answered by slickcut 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They took up a collection at a funeral Mass!?
Man, they just get greedier and greedier.
Praying someone out of "puragtory" is not in the Bible.
First, no where in the Bible is purgatory mentioned.
And second, Psalm 49 tell us the souls of the dead cannot be redeemed by the living.
2006-11-19 07:02:35 · answer #4 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Catholics believe in purgatory. I don't believe in it. To be absent of the body is to be in the presence of the Lord. Since God is not bound by time and space, I believe that when you die you are immediately moved into the presence of God - there is no 'holding cell' until everyone else has died and Judgment Day is upon us.
2006-11-19 06:58:00 · answer #5 · answered by padwinlearner 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is a false doctrine of the Catholic Church. It is not biblical.
2006-11-19 06:57:48 · answer #6 · answered by Mark Fidrater 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Proverbs 17
3 As silver is tried by fire, and gold in the furnace: so the Lord trieth the hearts.
2 Ecclesiasticus 7
37 A gift hath grace in the sight of all the living, and restrain not grace from the dead.
3 Micheas 3
2 And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? And who shall stand to see him? For he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller's herb: 3 And he shall sit refining and cleansing the silver, and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and shall refine them as gold, and as silver, and they shall offer sacrifices to the Lord in justice.
4 Micheas 7
8 Rejoice not, thou, my enemy, over me, because I am fallen: I shall arise, when I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light. 9 I will bear the wrath of the Lord, because I have sinned against him; until he judge my cause and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth into the light, I shall behold his justice.
5 Zacharias 9
11Thou also by the blood of thy testament hast sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit, wherein is no water.
6 2 Machabees 12
43 And making a gathering, he sent twelve thousand drachms of silver to Jerusalem for sacrifice to be offered for the sins of the dead, thinking well and religiously concerning the resurrection, 44 (For if he had not hoped that they that were slain should rise again, it would have seemed superfluous and vain to pray for the dead,) 45 And because he considered that they who had fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them. 46 It is therefore a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, that they may be loosed from sins.
7 Matthew 5
25 Be at agreement with thy adversary betimes, whilst thou art in the way with him: lest perhaps the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. 26 Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou repay the last farthing.
8 Matthew 12
32 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come.
9 Matthew 18
34 And his lord being angry, delivered him to the torturers until he paid all the debt. 35 So also shall my heavenly Father do to you, if you forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.
10 Luke 12
47 And that servant who knew the will of his lord, and prepared not himself, and did not according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48 But he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required: and to whom they have committed much, of him they will demand the more.
11 1 Corinthians 3
15 If any man's work burn, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved, yet so as by fire.
12 1 Corinthians 15
29 Otherwise what shall they do that are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not again at all? why are they then baptized for them?
we believe that all this scripture relates to purgatory
.. note we as catholics believe that Machabees is not aporyca but the inspired word of God.
2006-11-19 06:59:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is that like getting bailed out of jail?
2006-11-19 06:55:36 · answer #8 · answered by diablo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
perhaps they fear the person will be stuck inbetween heaven and hell and thus they want to *** a bit more good to the person so they will go to heaven
2006-11-19 06:58:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is not Biblical.
2006-11-19 07:07:09 · answer #10 · answered by RaineeRose 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋