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Where did the idea of Purgatory a dogma of the Catholic Church?

Dogmatic definition of purgatory came in 1254
  Written documents of the Church to pray for the dead goes back to the 2nd century. The custom of praying for the dead comes from the Jews.

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10 comments for “Where did the idea of Purgatory a dogma of the Catholic Church?”


  1. pipahh says:

    It has always been believed by the Church, however, when some of the controversial nature of purgatory, the Church formally defined. Later some controversy for its existence has been presented in numerous boards of its existence, but has always held to be true ……………. and could not be otherwise since they can not without going into the sky. All who die in the friendship of God to bear a purification before entering heaven, otherwise they could not survive in the sky. Souls must be perfected before entering heaven. Which is a state of being what we call "purgatory" because it is a purge.

  2. Go Catholic says:

    Never was. It was a popular fashion in theology, for a while, and is certainly of abuses during the time of Martin Luther, the church, but ultimately rejected.
      Purgatory is a kind of concept along the lines of the Copeland / Hagen 'behalf, stating that Blab and grab the "trendy American evangelicals of the past twenty years. Do not pass the smell test, and no purgatory.

  3. Sim - plicimus says:

    "Indulgences" (donated to the church to reduce time in purgatory ancestry) became popular during the Crusades, when he was abused as a fund-raising to pay armies and new cathedrals.
      Martin Luther led, as a non-biblical practices of the church and thus halted.

  4. wizeblok says:

    I do not know, but I grew up with both the Purgatory and Limbo. (I had 12 years of Catholic school) now both have fallen by the Church. It is a marvel.
      "ON Purgatory
      FIRST ORDER
      Began in the third, and finished in the fourth day of December, MDLXIII., Being the ninth and last under the Sovereign Pontiff, Pius IV. " Http: / / http://www.thecounciloftrent.com/ch25.ht

  5. Pink08 says:

    I do not know, but they did themselves, so to speak for sa
      sin can go to Purgatory, a month or two and then
      to heaven, which is not Bibical to all, the Bible says, s
      which man lives, then dies after the s death sentence
      we need to go anywhere, but after death
      Heaven or Hell

  6. elaine 30705 says:

    I'm not sure, but the current belief of the Church concerning purgatory is clearly expressed in the Decree of Union drawn up by the Council of Florence (Mansi, t. XXXI, col. 1031) (1431-1439) and the Decree of the Council of Trent (Sess. XXV) (1545-1563) http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12575a.h
      With love in Christ.

  7. imacatho says:

    Belief in the doctrine of purgatory came from Judaism. The early Christians practiced it. I'll have to check when it became an official dogma.
      ————
      Around 100 BC, there is a record of the Jews to pray for their dead. At the time of Jesus, and even today in Orthodox Judaism, offered prayers for the dead. Jesus said nothing against the prayer for the dead. If wrong, then surely there would be convicted.
      The writers in the early Church we speak of prayer for the dead. Tertullian (160-240 AD) wrote: "The faithful … widow offers prayers on the anniversary of his death. "It also says," In one day each year we offer prayers for the dead. "St. Augustine's mother was dying in AD 387. She said Augustine, "All we ask is this, that whenever you remember me at the altar of the Lord." The early Christians buried their dead in the catacombs of Rome. On the walls of these underground cemeteries are prayers for the dead, for example, "Peter and Paul, pray for Victor." "In your prayers, reminds us that have gone before you."
      During the first 1500 years of the Church there is no doubt about the need to pray for the dead. These prayers would help the souls in Purgatory to get to heaven faster. Martin Luther and others spoke against the prayer for the dead, and that is why the Protestants today do not pray for their deceased relatives and friends. The custom of praying for the dead is more than 2000 years. The custom of praying for the dead no less than 500 years old. - Scborromeo.org

  8. St. Boniface Fan says:

    Jesus said that this sin is not forgiven in this life or the next, and as one can get to heaven in a pure state, there should be a place where one is purified, or purged, hence the name

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