Catholics believe that you have to go to Purgatory? I read that Pope Gregory I thought this up in 50 AD. Matt 12:32 and I Cor 3:15 are taken out of context as proof. On the cross Jesus said It is finished. The debt for sin has been paid. All we need to do is receive this gift. I don't get it.
2007-02-24 16:26:26 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Your understanding of the economy of salvation is a bit too simplistic.
By the time a Pope gets around to OFFICIALLY DEFINING something, it has typically been believed by the church since the beginning, and is just then coming under widespread attack by heretics and fools.
The proof that Jesus didn't pay the full price for everyone's sins is that people still die and people (even baptized Christians) can still end up in hell.
If the full price was already paid, for everyone, then how can God still justify those actions? Obviously, there's something more ... contrition and repentance, for example.
Salvation is a gift we accept on God's terms. Not ours.
Jesus' atoning sacrifice accomplished all that was necessary for the forgiveness of sins to become possible.
That's the finished work.
But the day to day work of salvation continues to be accomplished in the world through God's grace, and through the actions of his Church.
As for Purgatory, even if it didn't already exist at the time, the sweeping power and authority Jesus gave to his Church (binding and loosing, both on earth AND in heaven) would have been more than sufficient to create it.
2007-02-24 19:31:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You're right. It was made up by Pope Gregory, and the Catholics are wrong on this one.
I do believe there is a "waiting period," because the Bible is clear that there is ONE Judgment Day/Day of the Lord, not a separate one for each person right after they die. So people who have already died are waiting for that to happen until that day comes, so they must be waiting around somewhere. Maybe that's where "ghosts" come in. I don't know, just speculating. We also have to remember that time is a thing of this physical world, so maybe it seems like no time passes for people who have died since time doesn't exist for the dead like it does for us. But I don't think it's anything like the Catholic idea of purgatory, where it's something you can work your way out of.
2007-02-25 00:56:37 · answer #2 · answered by Hamlette 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Jesus died on the cross to redeem mankind from sin--believers or non-believers. No need for blood offering in any form. The blood of Jesus Christ is enough for all mankind. Purgatory or any other form of penalty is unnecessary.
Why shed His blood as atonement for our sins? Because God so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes will have eternal life with Him.
You are right. All you need is accept Jesus Christ in your life and repent from your sins.
2007-02-25 00:55:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible has been changed first of all, and if Jesus died for your sins why do you have to repent. Do a search on the bible. There is no such thing. Moses was given the Torah which is called the Old Testament and Jesus was given the Injil which is called the New Testament. Christianity is an invented religion used to control people. Do some research on religion via the internet. Check out this site www.spubs. Also Jesus did not die on the cross it is fabricated lies you can not trust the validity of the bible it has been changed.
2007-02-25 00:43:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
There have been lots of errors in the interpretation of the scriptures often because individuals and institutions have manipulated it for the ends of power and control. The issue of purgatory is one of many, but it has been dealt with and resolved, first challenged by Catholic reformists, then the reformations and afterwards other Cathlic reformist movements. The idea of purgatory is not Christian theology.
2007-02-25 00:33:58 · answer #5 · answered by Elder 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know. When Jesus comes we are supposed to be raised up, the living and the dead. So, those who die before he comes will sleep until he comes. Maybe that is what they consider purgatory. I don't believe in purgatory myself but I also don't know what the catholic definition of purgatory is.
2007-02-25 00:32:48 · answer #6 · answered by t2ensie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Believe Jesus.
2007-02-25 00:31:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Catholic Church makes (or made - the idea of Purgatory has been officially set aside) a distinction between the guilt of sin and consequences of sin.
2007-02-25 00:34:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That is because the pagan's the Catholics were trying to convert would not accept Christianity.
So the Catholic Church changed the truth of Gods word to fit their own needs, thus adopting pagan traditions and making it look like this new from of false worship was acceptable to Jehovah.
2007-02-25 00:52:06 · answer #9 · answered by Here I Am 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't get it either. It seems like if he died for sins, the thing's already been paid and you can do whatever you like because you're not going to run up a higher bill.
But how is dying supposed to cure everything?
2007-02-25 00:30:26 · answer #10 · answered by Rat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋