Is it possible that purgatory no longer exists?

Question

Under the old covenant people had to follow the law and sacrifices to be forgiven. Under the law no man can be perfect. However with Jesus' sacrifice we are told that we are perfected. If purgatory ever existed isn't it likely that Jesus' sacrifice did away with the need for it?

Hebrews 10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
Heb 10:13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
Heb 10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
Heb 10:15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
Heb 10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
Heb 10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

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Answer 1

Hi,

Good question Edge!

Yup...purgatory doen´t existed because if so, then the Precious blood of the Lamb had been vainly shed whether the purgatory could make clean a soul.

But thanks be given to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesuschrist

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Answer 2

Of course it's possible, because it never existed to begin with.

That is yet another thing I have come to realize as I became a Christian about the Catholic faith. The idea that one must "earn" enough prayers to get into Heaven is completely absurd, and takes away from the cross and Jesus. If all we needed was prayer, Jesus would not be our Savior.

It pains me that a so called religion would say that purgatory exists and negate the Lord.

God bless

Answer 3

examine John Henry Newman. He became a great Bible student of the final century. until eventually he became in his 40's he subscribed to the Pope being the Anti-Christ, and he stumbled on Purgatory revolting...yet he studied the Fathers and grew to become a Catholic, and finally -- and gratefully -- understood Purgatory. If I inform you to examine Maccabees, the place it says, it extremely is a robust and holy ingredient to wish for the ineffective... you will only say, nicely, it extremely is in common terms contained in the Catholic bible. So I won't say it.

Answer 4

I disagree with your premise that we are perfected by Jesus' sacrifice. We have been redeemed, not perfected. Remember too that redemption is not the same as salvation. Redemption implies that we have been made worthy of salvation, but salvation only comes after death if and when we enter heaven.

Answer 5

Seek knowledge on purgatory.


Thus, the Catechism of the Catholic Church states: "All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven. The Church gives the name purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned" (CCC 1030–1).

The concept of an after-death purification from sin and the consequences of sin is also stated in the New Testament in passages such as 1 Corinthians 3:11–15 and Matthew 5:25–26, 12:31–32.



Catechism of the Catholic Church :

1030 All who die in God's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven.

1031 The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned.[Cf. Council of Florence (1439): DS 1304; Council of Trent (1563): DS 1820; (1547): 1580; see also Benedict XII, Benedictus Deus (1336): DS 1000] The Church formulated her doctrine of faith on Purgatory especially at the Councils of Florence and Trent. The tradition of the Church, by reference to certain texts of Scripture, speaks of a cleansing fire:[Cf. 1 Cor 3:15; 1 Pet 1:7]



"As for certain lesser faults, we must believe that, before the Final Judgment, there is a purifying fire. He who is truth says that whoever utters blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will be pardoned neither in this age nor in the age to come. From this sentence we understand that certain offenses can be forgiven in this age, but certain others in the age to come."[St. Gregory the Great, Dial. 4, 39: PL 77, 396; cf. Mt 12:31]

1032 This teaching is also based on the practice of prayer for the dead, already mentioned in Sacred Scripture: "Therefore [Judas Maccabeus] made atonement for the dead, that they might be delivered from their sin."[2 Macc 12:46] From the beginning the Church has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the Eucharistic sacrifice, so that, thus purified, they may attain the beatific vision of God.[Cf. Council of Lyons II (1274): DS 856] The Church also commends almsgiving, indulgences, and works of penance undertaken on behalf of the dead:



"Let us help and commemorate them. If Job's sons were purified by their father's sacrifice, why would we doubt that our offerings for the dead bring them some consolation? Let us not hesitate to help those who have died and to offer our prayers for them."[St. John Chrysostom, Hom. in 1 Cor. 41, 5: PG 61, 361; cf. Job 1:5]

Answer 6

Purgatory never existed in the Old or the New Testament.
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 7

I don't think so, since I believe that Jesus referred to it in the NT

Answer 8

Dante in 1294 invented purgatory and the catholic church picked it up since it was a good way to scare people into buying indulgences.

Answer 9

Anything is possible but that is not probable. Peace

Answer 10

Purgatory was an error. It never existed and the Roman Catholic pope has already renounced it.