amazing the utter inability of folks to understand the biblical roots of purgatory....
the usual ‘why isnt the word mentioned’ (of course, the word ‘bible’, or words ‘scripture alone’, or ‘faith alone’ are nvr mentioned, nor is ‘trinity’, but im sure they can make excuses for that...
thank goodness we catholics have the historical church, the word of God and his Sacred Tradition.
It all comes together as one when you look at it that way.....
Not needing explicit support from Scripture is one thing, asserting that purgatory is derived from it based on the premise of required perfection and ambiguous texts, is another (see .
But as your real basis is the authority of Rome, as a RC must hold that the Roman church is the final authority on Truth, rather than Scripture (as man's reasoning is fallible), would tell me upon what your basis is for your assurance that Rome is the one true church rests.