Nonsense. Only those who are saved even get to purgatory, so nobody can "work their way into salvation" there.
>>Nonsense. Only those who are saved even get to purgatory, so nobody can "work their way into salvation" there.<<
Chapter and verse please.
Through the complete canon of scripture, God only speaks of heaven and hell. There are only two paths.
Sheep or goat, wheat or tare, light or dark, hot or cold. Purgatory is akin to lukewarmth - the very thing that is "spewed out" in revelation.
The RCC uses purgatory to make people feel better about their sins. It is damnable heresy, and has ushered hundreds of millions into the maw of hell through it's teachings.
I love what Spurgeon has to say about it:
"It is held that there are some who die who are believers,
but who are not quite purified from sin, and in an after
state they must undergo a purgatorial quarantine to be
purged by fire, so that they may become quite complete.
Beloved, when the thief died on the cross he had but
just believed, and had never done a single good work,
but where did he go to? Well, he ought to have gone to
purgatory by rights, if ever anybody did, but instead of
that the Savior said to him, "Today you shall be with
me in Paradise." Why? Because the ground of the man's
admission into Paradise was perfect. The grounds of
his admission there was Christ's work, and that is how
you and I will get into heaven, because Christ's work
is finished. The thief did not go down to purgatory,
nor, blessed be his name, neither shall you nor I if
we trust in the finished work of the Lord Jesus."
Either Christ's atonement is satisfactory and complete, or it isn't. You can't have it both ways.
So then, Catholics believe in eternal security of the believer...
Can you say you know for sure you are going to heaven when you die (after purgatory)???