...The purifying fire, if that is what happens in Purgatory is not the same as the punishing fire of hell. We also don’t know if the fire is just a metaphor for the burning of love for Jesus in our hearts that convicts us and makes us ready to be with him. No one perfectly knows their sin or perfectly confesses them. When we are judged, we will see many sins that we didn’t even register when they occurred. Purgatory is a gift from God so that though we are still imperfect upon our death, uncleansed of sin, we are not denied life with Him.Jvette, beautiful commentary on Purgatory, one of the strongest draws to the CC for me (I was Missouri-Synod for 33 years!).
What? It was a strong draw to Catholicism that you'd burn for uncounted years to pay for sin that Jesus died to remove, instead of believing that Jesus paid it all and there is no punishment left for us to bear?