[bdeaner]

Purgatory is there in the NT, they just don't use the word "Purgatory." They also believe in the Trinity, even though they never used the word "Trinity." If you wish to reject purgatory on these grounds, then you would have to reject the Trinity on the same grounds -- and I don't think you want to do that.

Otherwise, I am going to defer further discussion of Purgatory for later, since this thread is about Mariology. I have a post on Purgatory coming up. I'll ping you when it's up.

[Mr Rogers]

“If you wish to reject purgatory on these grounds, then you would have to reject the Trinity on the same grounds — and I don’t think you want to do that.”

Incorrect. I can easily define the Trinity from Scripture. It is clear that it exists, although Scripture is silent about the details which church fathers foolishly debated.

Purgatory? Like Mariology, it simply isn’t found.