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Catholic Does anyone item from the Bible passage that shows that there is a purgatory?

Matt. 5:26,18:34; Luke 12:58-59 - Jesus teaches us: "Come to terms with your opponent or you will be given to the judge and thrown into prison. You will not leave until you have paid the last penny. "The word" rival "(antidiko) is probably a reference to the devil (see the same word for the devil in 1 Pet. 5:8) which is an accuser against man (see Job 1.6-12; Zac. 3.1 ; Rev. 12.10), and God is the judge. If we have not adequately dealt with satan and sin in this life, to be held in a temporary state called a prison, and not leave until they have fulfilled all our debt to God. This "prison" is purgatory where not leave until the last penny is paid.
  Matt. 5:48 - Jesus says, "be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect." We are just a perfect through purification, and in Catholic teaching, this purification, if not completed on earth, is continued in a transitional state we call purgatory.
  Matt. 12:32 - Jesus says, "And whoever says a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will be pardoned neither in this world or the next." Jesus therefore, clearly states that there is forgiveness after death. The phrase "the next" (from the Greek "to mellonti") generally refers to the other (see, for example, Mark 10.30, Luke 18.30; 20,34-35; Eph. 1.21 to similar wording). Forgiveness is not necessary in heaven, and there is no forgiveness in hell. This demonstrates that there is another state after death, and the Church of 2000 years this state has called Purgatory.
  Luke 12:47-48 - when the Master comes (at the end of time), some will receive light or heavy beatings but live. This state is not heaven or hell, because in heaven there is no shock, and hell no longer live with the Master.
  Luke 16:19-31 - in this story, we see that the dead rich man is suffering but still feels compassion for his brothers and wants to warn them of their place of suffering. But there is no suffering in heaven or compassion in hell because compassion is a grace from God in Hell and those who are deprived of the grace of God for all eternity. Where is the rich man? He is in purgatory.
  1 Cor. 15:29-30 - Paul mentions people baptized in the name of the dead, in the context of atoning for their sins (people are baptized in the name of the dead so the dead can be raised). They can not be in heaven because they are still with sin, but can not be in hell because their sins can not be atoned for. They are in purgatory. These verses directly correspond to 2 macc. 12:44-45 which also shows specific prayers for the dead, so they can be forgiven their sins.
  Phil. 2:10 - every knee bends to Jesus, in heaven on earth, and under the earth, "which is the kingdom of the righteous dead, or purgatory.
  2 Tim. 1:16-18 - Paul is dead Onesiphorus but calls for mercy on him that day. "Paul's use of" that day "demonstrates its eschatological usage (see, eg, Rom. 2.5,16; 1 Cor. 1.8, 3.13, 5.5, 2 Cor. 1.14, Phil. 1.6,10, 2.16, 1 Thess. 5.2,4,5,8, 2 Thess. 2.2,3, 2 Tim. 4.8). Of course, there is no need for mercy in heaven, and there is no mercy in hell. Where is Onesiphorus? He is in purgatory.
  Heb. 12:14 - without holiness no one will see the Lord. We need final sanctification to attain true holiness before God, and this process occurs in our lifetime and, if not completed during our lives, in the transitional state of purgatory.
  Heb. 12:23 - the spirits of just men who died in godliness are "made" perfect. Not necessarily arrive perfect. It makes perfect after his death. But those are already in heaven is perfect, and those in hell can not be perfect. These spirits are in purgatory.
  1 Peter 3:19, 4:6 - Jesus preached to the spirits in "prison". These are the souls of the righteous to be purified for the beatific vision.
  Rev. 21:4 - God wipe away their tears, and no grief or pain, but only after the coming of the new heaven and the death of the current heaven and earth. Note the elimination of the tears and pain only occurs at the end of time. But there is no morning or pain in heaven, and God does not wipe away their tears in hell. These are the souls suffer purgatory.
  Rev. 21:27 - nothing unclean shall enter heaven. The word "dirty" comes from the Greek word "koinon" which refers to a spiritual corruption. Even the propensity to sin is spiritually corrupt, or considered unclean and must be purified before entering heaven. It is surprising how many Protestants do not want to believe in purgatory. Purgatory exists because of God's mercy. If there is no purgatory, this also means you can not salvation for most people. In fact, God is merciful.
  Luke 23:43 - many Protestants argue that since Jesus sent the good thief right to heaven, no purgatory. There are several replicas. First, when Jesus uses the word "paradise" that does not mean the sky. Paradise, the Hebrew "sheol," meant the realm of the righteous dead. This was the place of the dead who were destined for heaven, but that is captive to the Lord's resurrection. Secondly, since there was no punctuation in the original manuscript, Jesus' statement "I say to you today will be with me in paradise" does not mean that there was a comma after the first word "you". This means that Jesus could have said, "I say to you today, that will be with me in paradise" (ie, Jesus could have emphasized with exclamation his statement was "today" or "now" and that sometime in the future the good thief would go to heaven). Thirdly, even if the thief went straight to heaven, this does not prove there is no purgatory (those who are fully sanctified in this life - perhaps by a bloody and repentant death - could be ready for admission into the sky).
  Gen. 50:10, Num. 20:29, Deut. 34:8 - here are some examples of ritual prayer and penitent mourning for the dead for specific periods of time. The Jewish understanding of these practices is the prayer that frees the souls of her painful state of purification, and expedited their journey to God.

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8 comments for “Catholic Does anyone item from the Bible passage that shows that there is a purgatory?”


  1. Gods child says:

    Purgatory was invented to excuse the requirement that the Christian children who died before baptism go to hell. A lot of Christian beliefs are like - "free will", for example, to explain how an omnipotent Creator, the Knower of the timeless universe.isn not responsible for what its inception.

  2. Colanth says:

    1 Co 3:15, "however, only through fire" Hebrews 12:23 "the soul is said that just made perfect.

  3. Adam the return SFCU says:

    same place where it says it is okay to abort fetuses, and smoke snuff, stick and punches in his grandparents' eyes when asked another favor ………… you need instructions for everything. ..?

  4. Nolan Void says:

    No Catholics, no one can say that the passage in the Bible that says that all Christian beliefs can be found in the Bible? Actually there are several passages that allude to Purgatory, but I really do not care. The only step missing is the assurance that Christ is the Church defines as compulsory education in the earth is also bound in heaven. That covers everything. Catholics do not believe these words of God Himself?

  5. PaulCyp says:

    I do not remember the exact passage, but Jesus said that there is a place worse than the sky, but softer than hell where souls are purified.

  6. catholic says:

    See 1 Corinthians 3:14-15: "If the job that any man has built on the foundation survives, you will receive a reward. If any of the work is burned, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only through fire. " You see, the Latin word purgatory means a purgation or burning by fire. Paul in these verses refers to a process of purgation that a man is saved despite their works are burned away. This is precisely what the Catholic Church teaches. A person to death that still has personal faults is prevented from entering because the sky is not completely purified. Must go through a period of purgation in order to be clean, for nothing unclean shall enter into heaven (cf. Rev. 21:27).

  7. Angel Eyes says:

    Purgatory is not mentioned in the Bible at all. When I was in Catholic school I asked a priest about it and said it was probably something that a priest came up with back in the middle ages to answer a question, and was finally adopted as a doctrine of the Catholic Church. There is nothing in the Bible that says purgatory or lacking.

  8. jabb0404 says:

    Or the one that has the word "Trinity" in it? Or Santa Claus and the Easter bunny? Or the one that says "the cult of the Virgin Mary." Or the one that says, "treat the pope like Jesus"? Or the one that says "Jesus was just kidding, its nice to be patriotic, if they are killing others in the name of" good'.?……..



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