Do you believe in purgatory? If so why and do you have scriptural evidence to prove it?
If Jesus died for all of our sins why would an intermediate between heaven and hell exist. If our sins are clouded by his death why should we go to purgatory and stay there based on the degree of our sins?
Purgatory
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Re: Purgatory
Post #2The only reference to purgatory that I'm aware of is 2 Maccabees 12:39-45 out of the Apocrypha. I've never seen justification of the doctrine outside of the Catholic church, it's own tradition and its own scriptures. I agree with ya TQ, it undermines the work accomplished by Jesus Christ on the cross.TQWcS wrote:Do you believe in purgatory? If so why and do you have scriptural evidence to prove it?
If Jesus died for all of our sins why would an intermediate between heaven and hell exist. If our sins are clouded by his death why should we go to purgatory and stay there based on the degree of our sins?
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Re: Purgatory
Post #3EI, in looking up in my Catholic Catechism concerning Purgatory, you are completely correct in that Maccabean quote being the source of the Catholic's belief in Purgatory.Esoteric_Illuminati wrote:The only reference to purgatory that I'm aware of is 2 Maccabees 12:39-45 out of the Apocrypha. I've never seen justification of the doctrine outside of the Catholic church, it's own tradition and its own scriptures. I agree with ya TQ, it undermines the work accomplished by Jesus Christ on the cross.TQWcS wrote:Do you believe in purgatory? If so why and do you have scriptural evidence to prove it?
If Jesus died for all of our sins why would an intermediate between heaven and hell exist. If our sins are clouded by his death why should we go to purgatory and stay there based on the degree of our sins?
However, in answer to TQ's question, IMO, I think Purgatory is on earth in the here and now, it is our cross, we are living it. As long as we believe in Jesus Christ as our Savior, at death, we will be with Him.
