So if it is a process, it doesn’t exist? Really? Did you even read the posting?
So what of the Scriptural justification? Does it exist? Would you admit it? Or is it simply that the Gospel of Saint Paul as interpreted by Saint Calvin doesn’t mention it with any sort of approval?
They undergo purification.
Purgatory isn’t a place; it is a process. Since nothing impure can enter the Kingdom of God, anyone judged worthy of entering it that is in a state of any sin in any way must be purified.
Purgatory is not expressly called out in Scripture, but we must come to the conclusion that it exists simply because of those two conditions.
6,807 posted on 09/20/2007 7:48:27 PM CDT by MarkBsnr (V. Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae. R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto.) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6806 | View Replies | Report Abuse ]
As you see, you were the one saying that purgatory was a process not a place. I really don't know a lot about this belief and was interested to find out what a RC thought. It seems your beliefs are so complicated and dependent upon your "tradition" and claims of exclusivity that even knowledgeable RC's can't explain them.
So what of the Scriptural justification?
What Scriptural justification. Even you said it is something that was not spelled out in SCRIPTURE and your as hard core RC as any poster here. You revel in your church history of killing and persecuting those Christians that refused to submit to your church's authority and beliefs.
Macabees is not SCRIPTURE and the quote from the New Testament has to be the most convoluted interpretation to claim it is about a "process".