Where is purgatory mentioned in the Holy Bible?
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Sonserae L. answered • 05/23/19
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There is no mention of purgatory in the Bible. It says in the Bible we are to live once and to die once and then to receive judgment. Purgatory is something that the Catholic Church created. It was used as a manipulation tool to get the money from the peasants to build cathedrals. They sold indulgences which stated that they could pay money to get a dead relative out of purgatory. It was just a money ploy but there is no mention of anything of the sort in the Scriptures.
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Sorita D.
According to the Bible, by what means is purification from sins accomplished? 1 John 1:7, 9, JB: “If we live our lives in the light, as he [God] is in the light, we are in union with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. . . . If we acknowledge our sins, then God who is faithful and just will forgive our sins and purify us from everything that is wrong [“all our wrong-doing is purged away,” Kx].” Rev. 1:5, JB: “Jesus Christ . . . loves us and has washed away our sins with his blood.” On what is the teaching of purgatory based? After reviewing what Catholic writers have said regarding such texts as 2 Maccabees 12:39-45, Matthew 12:32, and 1 Corinthians 3:10-15, the New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967, Vol. XI, p. 1034) acknowledges: “In the final analysis, the Catholic doctrine on purgatory is based on tradition, not Sacred Scripture.” “The church has relied on tradition to support a middle ground between heaven and hell.”—U.S. Catholic, March 1981, p. 7.Regarding the nature of purgatory, what do Catholic spokesmen say? “Many think that the total suffering of purgatory is identified with the awareness of the temporary postponement of the beatific vision, although the more common view holds that, in addition to this, there is some positive punishment . . . In the Latin Church it has been generally maintained that this pain is imposed through real fire. This is not, however, essential to belief in purgatory. Does the soul survive the death of the body? Ezek. 18:4, Dy: “The soul [Hebrew, neʹphesh; “man,” JB; “one,” NAB; “soul,” Kx] that sinneth, the same shall die.” Jas. 5:20, JB: “Anyone who can bring back a sinner from the wrong way that he has taken will be saving a soul from death and covering up a great number of sins.” (Italics added.) (Notice that this speaks of the death of the soul.)11/22/20