Does that mean when Ms. Bwisit kicks the bucket, she goes straight to hell? No rest stop for you Ms. B! Halakhak hak hak hak...
2007-11-07 06:44:46 · 13 answers · asked by Bungangera of Perya 1 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Philippines
the catholic church still teaches the concept of purgatory and catholics still believe in it. no one is admitted to heaven unless truly purged of all sins and therefore purgatory is the place where cleansing is done. but of course souls that are so totally heinous - they go straight to hell.
so yeah, there's hope for everyone.
2007-11-07 11:29:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
No.
Limbo is out. Purgatory is still in.
+ Limbo +
The Church has pondered the suggestion of Limbo for a few hundred years and has decided that it is not a good idea. Limbo was never official doctrine.
Jesus said, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved." (Mark 16:15-16)
For centuries, people have wondered about children who died before they were baptized. The Bible does not explicitly state that they will go to heaven.
Limbo was suggested as the place where unbaptized babies went when they died. This idea was never official Church doctrine and has been rejected.
The Church now says that it is not sure what happens to unbaptized babies when they die but she entrusts them to the mercy of God.
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Chruch section 1261: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt2sect2.htm#1261
+ Purgatory +
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 into perfect beings.
Depending on the amount of change needed by different people this can be an easy or slightly harder process.
Everyone in purgatory is on their way to heaven.
I don't think Mother Teresa of Calcutta had a very hard time of it.
For more information see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, section 1030: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt3art12.htm#1030
+ With love in Christ.
2007-11-08 00:01:41 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Purgatory – is a concept derived by man to explain the process for God changing imperfection to perfection. The church continues to believe in this idea and it is unfortunate, to think to gain anything by impatiently attempting to circumvent the established and divine plan by short cuts, personal inventions, or other devices for improving on the way of perfection, to perfection, and for eternal perfection.
God does not transform our animal nature into a perfected spirit by some mysterious act of creative magic. When the Creators desire to produce perfect beings, they do so by direct and original creation, but they never undertake to convert animal-origin and material creatures into beings of perfection in a single step.
Not until arriving onto the shores of the Mansion worlds do we attain the threshold of the spirit world, but in doing so, we are still far from being perfect. We go through several changes spiritually towards perfection before we are ever capable in approaching God physically. This doesn’t happen instantly, but over time. What magic could death, the natural dissolution of the material body; hold that such a simple step should instantly transform the mortal and material mind into an immortal and perfected spirit? Such beliefs are but superstitions.
2007-11-08 01:04:00 · answer #3 · answered by Happy Days! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.............Limbo.
Purgatory is simply the place where already saved souls are cleansed of the temporal effects of sin before they are allowed to see the holy face of Almighty God.
Revelation 21:27 tells us that "...nothing unclean will enter [Heaven]."
2007-11-09 20:53:29 · answer #4 · answered by cashelmara 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, as someone already said, it's not purgatory but limbo. Besides the fact that purgatory is real proves to us that life is not absolute. Even though everyone has good in them somewhere, they also have their dark sides.
I should know...
2007-11-07 21:40:28 · answer #5 · answered by Otaku in Need 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Matt. 5:48 - Jesus says, "be perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect." it is impossible to be perfect here on Earth. We are only made perfect through purification, and in Catholic teaching, this purification, if not completed on earth, is continued in a transitional state we call purgatory.
2007-11-08 04:19:18 · answer #6 · answered by hamster-de-combat 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think they did. What I heard is that they've done away with the concept of limbo - the place where babies who died without getting baptized is supposed to go.
2007-11-07 19:20:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anathema Device 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
catholic church ... purgatory ... hell. Maybe. Sorry can't think of a good answer. Science Fiction is not my forte.
2007-11-08 17:12:54 · answer #8 · answered by ken 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
ummm no. the last time i checked, Catholics still believe in Purgatory.
2007-11-08 04:49:55 · answer #9 · answered by ticklememay0 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
purgatory is not a concept. it is real and the church did not do away with it.
2007-11-07 18:03:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋