Mort de rire. Jamais!
Purgatory is a dangerous, ungodly fiction that lies about Jesus Christ on the cross. There are few things worse.
What does Trent have to say?
If anyone says that after the reception of the grace of justification the guilt is so remitted and the debt of eternal punishment so blotted out to every repentant sinner, that no debt of temporal punishment remains to be discharged either in this world or in purgatory before the gates of heaven can be opened, let him be anathema (The Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent, in Philip Schaff, The Creeds of Christendom (Grand Rapids: Baker, 1919 ed.), pp. 214, 46).Canons Concerning Justification: Canon 30:
Now let us see what Scripture has to say...
"These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore, they are before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple" - Revelation 7:14-15 People go to Heaven because of what Christ has done for them, not because of what they've done for Christ. The ungodly person who believes in Christ while not working (Romans 4:5-6) is assured of avoiding God's wrath (Romans 5:9-10) as a free gift of God's grace (Romans 6:23). God invites anybody who thirsts to..."take the water of life without cost" - Revelation 22:17"...The truth is that there is no Purgatory. Even when the apostle Paul knew he was imperfect (Philippians 3:12), he knew he would go to be with the Lord when he died (Philippians 1:21-23). We read in scripture:
How does one wash robes in blood and find that the robes have been made white? By washing them in the blood of the Lamb, slain from the foundation of the world for His sheep.
"She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet." -- Proverbs 31:21
Mothers, tell your children not to fear; by grace through faith they have been redeemed.
I remember reading a scriptural "explanation" of purgatory in the last 2 years....can't quite remember where. Scott Hahn perhaps.
I think it only works if the Apocrypha is used. Beyond that "outer darkness" is distinguished from the "lake of fire."
It's the eventual acceptance piece that is missing in the real canon.