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What Is Purgatory?
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (167+ words) Who goes there? How can we help them? Purgatory is a state of cleansing so that people don’t enter heaven ready to “set straight” everyone who disagrees with them. It enables people not to complain who they sit next to…...
Purgatory on Earth?
11+ mon, 3+ day ago (232+ words) We can in later years, however, come to appreciate more fully the effect of our actions on other people and how their actions have influenced our lives—positively or negatively. Sometimes we can directly repair some of the damage we…...
Examining the Church’s Concept of Purgatory
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (341+ words) The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that “All who die in God’s grace, but are still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death, they [must] undergo purification so as to achieve the holiness necessary…...
A Personal Account Affirming the Existence of Purgatory
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (1208+ words) Everything I am going to reveal to you in this article is true. It happened to me, and it changed the very trajectory of my life for the good. It occurred in the summer of 1995. My grandfather, who helped raise…...
Thought for the Day – 5 November – The Consolations of the Suffering Souls in Purgatory
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (81+ words) Thought for the Day – 5 November – Meditations with Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1881-1971) The Consolations of theSuffering Souls in Purgatory “That is the way it is in Purgatory.The suffering souls endure dreadful torments but, they are resigned to the will of God…...
Hell As Purgative?
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (118+ words) Posted In The Eastern Orthodox Sub-Forum Is there any room within Eastern Orthodoxy for a hope that Hell is temporary and purgative, or a hope in Universal Reconciliation in some other way? I am vaguely aware of Eastern Orthodox thinkers…...
What ‘A Christmas Carol’ taught me about Purgatory
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (299+ words) There is a doctrine in Catholicism that not all souls are prepared for heaven at death, and that some must undergo a spiritual purification in a state or location the Catholic Church calls “Purgatory.” As a child, the idea of…...
Celebration as the Creation of Beauty: The Liturgical Art of Purgatorio ad Arco
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (492+ words) the Creation of Beauty: The Liturgical Art of Purgatorio ad Arco Il Mattino To celebrate is to generate...Church in Art The Church of Santa Maria del Purgatorio ad Arco and the Cult of the Souls in Purgatory...Neapolitan church…...
Joseph Ratzinger and Understanding Divine Providence
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (640+ words) One of Ratzinger’s most succinct expressions of his historical philosophy, which includes his faith in Providence, is the book Eschatology: Death and Eternal Life, published in English in 1988. Eschatology deals with the most terrifying aspect of life and the most…...
Is purgatory a Biblical or extra biblical teaching?
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (279+ words) Can it be clearly seen in Scripture or is it just something 'alluded' to, but not contextually supported. For simplicity sake, can I humbly ask that extemporaneous writings and history be minimized (please don't write 1,000 words) and Scripture be emphasized....