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Very nice post. I have a little question though.

The Catholic Church teaches that purgatory is a state of purgation, or purification, for those who are in a state of grace and friendship with God (cf. Rom. 11:22). These side effects, or temporal effects of sin operate in either this life or the next, and can result from inordinate attachment to creatures, or as a result of possessing a will that is not fully united with God's will.

or as a result of possessing a will that is not fully united with God's will.

Is that a sin or the result of a temporal effect from sin?

[bdeaner]

Is that a sin or the result of a temporal effect from sin?

Good question! I take it that a will not perfectly aligned with the Lord is not yet sin, but it strongly inclines one to sin, as a result of past sin. So, I would say the latter--a perverted will is the result of the temporal effects of sin.