Where does the Bible Mention that there is Purgatory?

Answer 1

+ Purgatory +

The concept of purgation is hinted at in the Bible. Here are a couple of places:

"But if someone's work is burned up, that one will suffer loss; the person will be saved, but only as through fire." 1 Cor 3:15

"So that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold that is perishable even though tested by fire, may prove to be for praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ." 1 Pet 1:7

Are you perfect now? Most people would say no.

Will you be perfect in heaven? Most people believe yes.

Purgatory (or purgation) is the process of God's love changing our imperfect selves on earth into perfect beings in heaven. Depending on the amount of change needed by different people, this can be an easy or slightly harder process.

Everyone in purgatory is on his or her way to heaven.

I do not think Mother Teresa of Calcutta had a very hard time of it.

+ Sources of Doctrine +

The Catholic Church does not only use Holy Scripture for the basis of doctrine. The early Catholic church existed before and during the time that the New Testament was written (by Catholics).

Catholics also believe that the Holy Spirit was guiding the early church (and is guiding the church today) to make the correct choices about things like
- The Holy Trinity (which is also only hinted at in the Bible)
- Going to church on Sunday instead of Saturday (which is actually directly against one of the ten commandments)
- Which books to include in the New Testament?
- How do our imperfect selves on earth get to be perfect in heaven?

This second source of doctrine is called Apostolic Tradition.

+ With love in Christ.

Answer 2

The Bible does not teach that there is a purgatory. The Bible says, "It is appointed for man to die once and after this comes the judgement" (Hebrews 9:27). The Bible doesn't answer all our questions about life after death—but it does tell us very clearly that that when we die we go immediately into the presence of the Lord if we know Christ. Paul's great hope was "to be away from the body and at home with the Lord" (2 Corinthians 5:8).

How is this possible? It's possible for one reason: Jesus Christ paid the full penalty for our sins. You see, when He died on the cross, all of our sins—not some of them, but all of them—were transferred to Him. He was sinless, but He willingly took the punishment you and I deserve. The Bible puts it this way: "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God" (2 Corinthians 5:21).

Let me illustrate it this way. Suppose you went to the bank and borrowed a large sum of money to buy a house. As long as you owed that debt, the house wouldn't really be yours, and you'd have to keep on paying. But then suppose someone came along and paid off your debt. Would you keep on making payments to the bank? No, of course not—because the debt had already been cancelled.

In a far greater way, we are all guilty before God, and our sins have created a debt to Him we can never repay—never. But listen: Jesus Christ has already paid it—completely and fully! The debt has been cancelled! Why fear death any longer? Instead, put your faith and trust in Christ today.

Answer 3

Purgatory was invented by the Roman Catholic church to cover people who weren't Christian but were still good people, or who were sinners but not bad enough for eternal damnation; the Bible being a bit vague in those areas.
This gave many bereaved folk the opportunity to buy their loved ones' way out of Purgatory by doing "good works" - ie paying money to the priests. A nice bit of religious extortion that with any luck earned those same priests a suitably hot spot in hell.

Answer 4

I am glad you asked.Purgatory is not in the BIBLE.
Neither is there Nuns,Monks,or a commandment for a Priest
not to marry.All man made rules,that people who do not read the bible for them self follow.
The purgatory was created by Catholic church,to have the families of the deceased,pay the priest to get them out of the purgatory.Very clever!
The bible states that once you die,there will be either heaven or hell.Based on whether you have repented of your sins,and put your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ.If you have then your sins have been paid for with his blood,if not you will die in your sins and spend eternity in hell.Please open your bible yourself,and read for yourself,or else you will be deceived.

Answer 5

Not in the bible but in Dante's Divine Comedy.

The New Catholic Encyclopedia states: “In the final analysis, the Catholic doctrine on purgatory is based on tradition, not Sacred Scripture.” Regarding hell, A Dictionary of Christian Theology comments: “In the N[ew] T[estament] we do not find hell fire to be a part of the primitive preaching.”

Answer 6

It's true that Purgatory is a complete and fantastic invention of sexually-frustrated Middle Ages Roman Catholic Priests, and has little or no actual Biblical basis.

Probably the most delicious description of Purgatory can be found in the outrageously beautiful writings of Italy's most famous writer Dante, who wrote the 'Divine Comedy' and other similar works. Dante imagined a bizare and endlessly labyrinthine dungeon of torture and painful delights for the wicked -- a true sado-masochistic wonderland of devilish love!

Why did Dante do this? Because he knew that, at least for good Roman Catholics, images of pain, guilt, shame and suffering make their earthly enjoyment of sex beyond belief!

Remember, all little Italian/Latino/French boys are taught to believe that there are only two kinds of women in the world: whores and Saints. So when you date a Latin guy, you are either a whore or Saint, depending on how much you remind him of his mother or the Virgin Mary, who will hang like a dying martyr floating above your bed, every time you have sex . . .

It's true, Pugatory is the ultimate aphrodiasiac! If you feel shame and guilt, then you can feel really 'dirty' and sleazy' when you're naughty and have illicit sex -- what an thriling enhancement this is to normal, everyday adultery or fornication.

And then after you get your thrills, you can feel an internal GRAND OPERA of remorse and self hatred, and you can have countless moments of religious ecstacy as your repudiate your darker, sexy side, and embrace the purity of the blessed Virgin and the eunuch priests (pedophiles not included).

Purgatory is great big sexual pendulum that Roman Catholics get to swing on, until they take their sacrament of Last Rights and die, which means no more chances to have wild wicked sex, followed by the thrilling shame of confession and self-loathing.

If you are Protestant and fell left out, here's what you can do -- go marry a good Roman Catholic, preferably from Italy, Spain, or Latin America. You will be astounded by their high level of never-ending drama and imagined neurotic head-banging fights over the silliest things on earth, but hang on, because after every guilt-tossing, plate-smashing fight with your Italiano/Italiana/Latina/Latino, you are in for the best sex your little Lutheran/Medodist white boy socks can stand. Trust me on this.

So the Bible left out Purgatory, so that the priests of every generation could 'fine tune' it to the sexual tastes of each generation, because the Pope loves you and wants you to have the best sex you ever had, while he watches on his Prada shoe fetish mounted Pope-camera. Get it?

And if you smoke crystal meth with a handsome gay hustler in Denver while preaching that life-long gay couples should be put into gas chambers, afterward you can have the thrill of years of mega-church directed punishment while you have sex with your bewildered wife and pretend that Jesus made a big mistake when he made you a confused little Protestant gay boy in the Mid-west, isn't that true Rev. Haggard? And that's the Protestant sugar-free substitute for Purgatory, which sounds equally thrilling, huh?

Answer 7

It does not.

The bible says when a person dies, his thoughts perish,

The reason for a resurrection is to bring someone to life, or (stand up again). If a person is ghost, they never really died. Adam did not go to purgatory, nor hell fire but he went to hell (grave) and no longer existed.

Answer 8

It does not.
The only way to sell "indulgence" for a profit was to invent a Purgatory. Another clever marketing trick.

Ramen !

Answer 9

Purgatory is not mentioned by name in the Bible, but it is in there.

After all, "Trinity"and "Incarnation" are not mentioned in the Bible either -- but all Christians believe in them.

In the Gospels, Jesus speaks metaphorically of having to "stay in jail until you pay the last penny."

This implies that there is a spiritual residence, besides heaven and hell, from which a soul can be released. It cannot refer to Heaven, because there's no need to get out of there or to "pay the last penny" there. Nor does it refer to Hell, since it's not possible to be released from there.

In 2 Maccabees, it says that "it is a wholesome and holy thought to pray for the dead, that they be loosed from their sins."

These "dead" cannot be in hell, because praying for them cannot help them if they're in hell. Nor can they be in heaven, since they wouldn't need our prayers if they were there.

It must mean that the "dead" for whom we're to pray must be in some third, temporary place.

In 1 Peter, it says that after His death and before His Resurrection, Jesus went to "preach to the spirits in prison."

This prison cannot refer to Heaven -- because Heaven is not a prison and there's no need to preach to souls there. Nor can it refer to hell, since no amount of preaching could possibly help anyone who is there.

Again, this "prison" must refer to a third, temporary spiritual state. Only purgatory fits the bill.

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Answer 10

Yeah, it's in Chapter 6.