2006-12-12 06:26:00 · 12 answers · asked by plumber local union 102 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Purgatory was first believed by the Jews, although they did not use that word.
Jesus taught the existence of purgatory in Matt. 5:26,18:34; Luke 12:58-59, and many other places. http://www.scripturecatholic.com/purgatory.html
St. Paul taught about purgatory in 1 Cor. 3:10-15 , and in many other places. http://www.scripturecatholic.com/purgatory.html
The early church believed in purgatory.
Reformist theology eliminated the teaching of purgatory when they invented "justifiction by faith alone", which makes heaven a kind of communism where everyone is the same. Jesus said those who gave up everything for Him would be blessed 100 fold. This is NOT imputed justification.
Purgatory is about paying for the consequences of sin, not sin itself. Jesus on the cross payed for our sins. Anti-Catholics think it is about paying for sin. It is not.
Since purgatory is for the saved, it is a place of hope. A final purification, and how rough it is, no one really knows. How long you are there I don't think it is a matter of time, because there is no time in the afterlife. It is a mystery and no one can answer that question.
2006-12-12 06:40:53 · answer #1 · answered by Br. Dymphna S.F.O 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do. Even though the Bible does not come right out and says it, it does mention in several verses of a fire that will purify us. We do not know how long we will stay in it or how rough it will be. St paul had mentioned that the purifying fire will be painful. It probably depends on the sins you committed and could not let go. I know I will end up there b/c I can't let go of gluttony!! Although I pray night and day, that I can overcome. Remember to keep praying for the poor souls that are already there! God bless you!
2006-12-12 06:30:47 · answer #2 · answered by Jesus junkie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in Purgatory. The length of our stay depends on how we lived our lives. The more holy we were, the less the time. We stay there to pray or work off our sins. I always pictured it as an open air temple with kneeling pillows. Time means nothing and your knees never hurt. I could be wrong in how it looks, but that's how I've always imagined it.
2006-12-12 06:29:33 · answer #3 · answered by sister steph 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I do not believe in purgatory
On the admission of one of its cardinals, the Catholic church brought in many of the “instruments and appendages of demon-worship,” which it claims to have “sanctified by their adoption into the church.” In course of time, apostate Christianity adopted the Greek Plato’s philosophy of an inherently immortal soul, and to this it added the “hellfire” and “purgatory” teachings. Not content with myths of torture after death, the Catholic Inquisition of the thirteenth century introduced fiery tortures for “heretics” in this life. Catholic crusades sacrificed other innocent lives on the altar of carnal warfare.
“Since the early Middle Ages the Catholic Church has obtained, through the granting of indulgences alone, huge sums from rich and poor alike. These indulgences, given in return for money payments, almsgiving or other kinds of offerings, provide that one’s own soul or the soul of a deceased relative or friend be spared all or part of its destined punishment in purgatory.
Tradition is not necessarily bad. But this particular tradition is out of harmony with God’s Word. The Scriptures do not teach that the “soul” survives the death of the body. Obviously, then, it cannot be subjected to a period of purification in purgatory. Hence, the words of Jesus Christ to the Jewish religious leaders could rightly be directed to those teaching the purgatory doctrine: “You have made the word of God invalid because of your tradition. You hypocrites, Isaiah aptly prophesied about you, when he said, ‘This people honors me with their lips, yet their heart is far removed from me. It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach commands of men as doctrines.’”
2006-12-12 08:48:25 · answer #4 · answered by BJ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Purgatory was a ficticious place that appears in the Divine Comedy, specifically the second book of it. Why the Catholic Church adopted it as "doctrine' is beyond me. It was originally a political SATIRE....read it and look to see where Dante' puts various religious and historical figures of his past and present.
Sorry, good people. It's fiction. Dante' himself meant it as a political statement. It's not biblical canon.
2006-12-12 06:39:12 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No such place.
(Ezekiel 18:4) Look! All the souls—to me they belong. As the soul of the father so likewise the soul of the son—to me they belong. The soul that is sinning—it itself will die.
To die you have to live. So your soul is you, alive.
(Romans 6:23) For the wages sin pays is death, but the gift God gives is everlasting life by Christ Jesus our Lord.
Our death 'pays' for our sins.
So there is no need of any 'purgatory'
So it is a false teaching.
And the word, or even its equivalent, is not in the Bible.
2006-12-12 06:37:38 · answer #6 · answered by pugjw9896 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i dont believe in purgatory. after you die your spirit goes to be with the lord, if you accepted him while on this earth!, and then when The Lord comes a second time our body and spirit with unite together in heaven for eternity.
2006-12-12 06:35:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no such thing as purgatory. There is no "in between" only you believe in God through Christ or you are eternally lost. Period.
2006-12-12 06:33:24 · answer #8 · answered by Hello Kitty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Purgatory is exactly like hell except that you can get out.
After serving your time you get to ascend to heaven.
Limbo is for unbaptized babies.
2006-12-12 06:39:33 · answer #9 · answered by loki87 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They probably give you a task and it depends on how long it takes you to complete it.
2006-12-12 06:31:24 · answer #10 · answered by Gustav 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋