The righteous man passes the test instantaneously because his works contain no imperfections. He needs the test, but not the purgation process. The less-than righteous believer fails the test of readiness for heaven ind needs to take time in purgatory to burn off the "stubble". That process is associated with the passage of time in our minds.
if any man build upon this foundation
.. still applies to "every man" and therefore not to the clergy alone.
who has the comprehension problem
I do, with your posts. Just re-read your last paragraph, starting with "I was arguing" and try inserting a few punctuation marks in it before you ask me or anyone to decipher it.
>You just affirmed that all in purgatory have stubble, and that is why they are there, but deny that it is clear that all in purgatory would need to have the dross of venial sins burned off, which is contrary to your statement i was responding to, that one class survives the fire unscathed, thus having nothing that needed to be burned off. <
The righteous man passes the test instantaneously because his works contain no imperfections. He needs the test, but not the purgation process.
That example of equivocation came from Staples, or where is it officially taught that one class of souls in purgatory do not need purification by purgation of “accumulated defects?”
.. still applies to "every man" and therefore not to the clergy alone.
You have confused me with CB. That was not my argument
>who has the comprehension problem<
I do, with your posts. Just re-read your last paragraph, starting with "I was arguing" and try inserting a few punctuation marks in it before you ask me or anyone to decipher it.
There is need for some interpretation of yourself as well, but I do not know why you cannot follow this:
Annalex: the reward is a reward of greater glory fon the account of their greater virtues on earth. Both kinds enter heaven, but have have different metaphorical crowns.
Daniel1212: I was arguing against the premise that the fire was in order to purify those in purgatory from the stubble you say they have, and thus the joy would be that of entering Heaven due to their perfection, but as the first class have nothing that need to be torched and lost, it is not purgatory, while again, the contrast between these and the class that did suffer loss shows that being saved is despite the loss of fruit which should have remained. And which suffering, which i believe can indeed be grievous, awaits the day of Christ and resurrection.