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The belief in purgatory is void of any serious doctrinal support. It is not a teaching inspired by God. It is a teaching that was first clearly expressed by the Roman Catholic Church as early as the Council of Florence (1431 - 1449 A.D.).
Purgatory is defined in Catholic teaching as the state, place, or condition where the souls of those who die atone for their unforgiven sins and are purified. b According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, this purification is needed “to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven.”
Original words. In the King James Old Testament, the original language word translated as hell in all thirty-one places it occurs is Sheol.
“I thought there were three places a person could go at death: heaven, hell, or purgatory. I knew I wasn’t good enough for heaven or bad enough for hell. It was not clear to me exactly what was in purgatory. I never saw any of that in the Bible. It was just what people said.” —Lionel.
Some envision life in a Hereafter —heaven, hell, purgatory, or Limbo. Others believe in rebirth as a different life-form. Others believe in rebirth as a different life-form. On the other hand, those who reject religious concepts believe that death is simply the end of a person’s existence.
Halloween pumpkins, or jack-o’-lanterns: In medieval Britain, people “moved from door to door asking for food in return for a prayer for the dead,” and they would carry “hollowed-out turnip lanterns, whose candle connoted a soul trapped in purgatory.”
This writing describes, in graphic detail, his supposed "travels" through the realms of Purgatory, Hell and others, each of which is comprised of nine parts or sections. Recommended Articles How Is the Zodiac Related to Angels?
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