since the Catholic Church recenly officially rejected the idea of Purgatory, should Dante be considered a heretic??
2007-06-05 03:06:02 · 6 answers · asked by Lana 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, the catholic Church did not reject the idea of Purgatory. The Catholic Church stated that LIMBO is a theological theory that may or may not be consistent with the fact that God is kind and merciful. The Pope asked the Cardinals to refine the teaching of what happens to infants who die before they are baptized.
People need to work on reading comprehension.
2007-06-05 03:13:41 · answer #1 · answered by Sldgman 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You have it wrong,it was the doctrine of Limbo and not Purgatory.When we die, we undergo what is called the particular, or individual, judgment. Scripture says that "it is appointed for men to die once, and after that comes judgment" (Heb. 9:27). We are judged instantly and receive our reward, for good or ill. We know at once what our final destiny will be. At the end of time, when Jesus returns, there will come the general judgment to which the Bible refers, for example, in Matthew 25:31-32: "When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats." In this general judgment all our sins will be publicly revealed (Luke 12:2–5).
Augustine said, in The City of God, that "temporary punishments are suffered by some in this life only, by others after death, by others both now and then; but all of them before that last and strictest judgment" (21:13). It is between the particular and general judgments, then, that the soul is purified of the remaining consequences of sin: "I tell you, you will never get out till you have paid the very last copper" (Luke 12:59).
2007-06-05 03:09:08 · answer #2 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are incorrect. They did NOT reject it. They said they "hope" dead babies doe not go to limbo (not purgatory). You REALLY need to read the text that the Vatican wrote more carefully. They wrote it very carefully. They said it may not be the case, they did not say it WILL NOT be the case.
Your read the headline, now read the full story
2007-06-05 03:11:47 · answer #3 · answered by bill h 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think anybody takes the catholic church seriously anymore. Not to offend anybody's faith, but I just really don't think anybody cares. Keep the faith where it belongs, in the heart.
2007-06-05 03:09:44 · answer #4 · answered by Julian 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I back up sentinal, only because he beat me to it.It was limbo, which was not a doctrine to begin with.
2007-06-05 03:13:22 · answer #5 · answered by norielorie 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
God is the Judge not us .
2007-06-05 03:17:21 · answer #6 · answered by S.O.T.C. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋