Is Purgatory when...?

Question

Am I right in saying thats where Catholic's say you go to have your sins purified?

Answer 1

Your venial sins are purified and then you go to heaven.

Luke 16:19-31 - in this story, we see that the dead rich man is suffering but still feels compassion for his brothers and wants to warn them of his place of suffering. But there is no suffering in heaven or compassion in hell because compassion is a grace from God and those in hell are deprived from God's graces for all eternity. So where is the rich man? He is in purgatory.

Baruch 3:4 - Baruch asks the Lord to hear the prayers of the dead of Israel. Prayers for the dead are unnecessary in heaven and unnecessary in hell. These dead are in purgatory.

Answer 2

Yes. You are right.

In the judgment after your death your soul's eternal lot will be definitely decided. If it is perfectly free from sin and punishment of sin, it will enter Heaven directly. If it is in the state of mortal sin, it will be condemned to eternal punishment in hell. If it is in the state of grace but has not fully satisfied for its sins, it will be detained in purgatory till full satisfaction has been made. After this it will be admitted into Heaven.

Interesting book on purgatory would be 'Charity for the suffering souls' An explanation of the Catholic doctrine of Purgatory . By Rev. John A. Nageleisen

Answer 3

If you die in a state of unrepented mortal sin, you are lost. But if you die in the state of grace, yet not completely spiritually pure, then yes Purgatory is the state or place where those impurities are finally removed, so that we can come before the throne of God innocent and pure, for Scripture tells us "nothing unclean can come into God's presence". Luther's idea, which is still commonplace in Protestantism, is that God's grace "covers over" our sin, so that we can go straight into heaven, looking pure even though we are actually impure. The Catholic position is that the grace of God doesn't just "cover over" our impurities, it removes them so that we don't just look purified, we actually are purified. This is the belief of the Christian Church for 2,000 years. Differing views are recent traditions of men, only a few hundred years old. Note that Purgatory is not "a second chance". We are judged at the moment of death, either as saved or not saved. Purgatory is only for those who are saved, but who are not yet spiritually ready to see God face to face. If you would like some additional information on the subject, try this ...

http://www.catholic.com/library/Purgatory.asp

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Answer 4

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, Purgatory is “a place or condition of temporal punishment for those who, departing this life in God's grace, are, not entirely free from venial faults, or have not fully paid the satisfaction due to their transgressions.” To summarize, in Catholic theology, Purgatory is a place that a Christian’s soul goes to after death to be cleansed of the sins that had not been fully satisfied during life. Is this doctrine of Purgatory in agreement with the Bible? Absolutely not!

Jesus died to pay the penalty for all of our sins (Romans 5:8). Isaiah 53:5 declares, “but He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed.” Jesus suffered for our sins so that we could be delivered from suffering. To say that we must also suffer for our sins is to say that Jesus’ suffering was insufficient. To say that we must atone for our sins by cleansing in Purgatory is to deny the sufficiency of the atoning sacrifice of Jesus (1 John 2:2). The idea that we have to suffer for our sins after death is contrary to everything the Bible says about salvation.

Answer 5

Yes. But purgatory is mere fiction. It is not in the Bible. Would a loving God make people suffer like that? I challenge anyone to show me in the Bible that purgatory exists and who goes there.