[The Grammarian]

Protestants are demonstrably wrong on Purgatory. The idea of Purgatory stems from Maccaabees, which Luther removed from the Bible. However, as that book points out, were there no purgaroty, there would be no need to pray for the departed, as we are instructed to do numerous times in both the Old and New Testaments.

Acceptance of Deuterocanonical works into the canon is another sticky point between Protestants and Rome. But even assuming that, and assuming that you can back up your claim that we are instructed to pray for the dead in books not in contention (i.e., the Old and New Testaments), 2 Maccabees 12:40 indicates that the Jews Judas ordered his men to pray for had idols of Jamnia in their possession. Now, isn't idolatry a mortal sin? And mortal sins don't wind you up in Purgatory, now do they?

[Havoc]

OOPS, huh. They don't like it when these things are pointed out. Prepare for sniping lol

[OLD REGGIE]

Hi Grammarian It's been a long time. How are you? Be careful on this thread, an honest question is not well accepted. ;-)