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To: sr4402
from Purgatory

No, that is inaccurate. The Church teaches that upon death men either go to hell or they are saved and go to heaven because the sanctifying grace is in them. Those who are saved, yet are incapable of entering heaven directly (There shall not enter into it any thing defiled, Apoc. 21:27) pass through purgatory, indeed, but that condition is temporary and those in purgatory are saved already.

11 posted on 11/16/2014 3:14:12 PM PST by annalex (fear them not)
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To: annalex; sr4402
>> “The Church teaches that upon death men either go to hell or they are saved and go to heaven because the sanctifying grace is in them.” <<

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But that does not align with what the Bible teaches.

John 3

[13] And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
And as for being in Hell
Revelation 20:

[4] And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
[5] But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished.


So who can be in Heaven?

Or Hell?

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17 posted on 11/16/2014 4:40:20 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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