**Purgatory is a false assurance that one can burn off their “small “ sins and move on up.. **
The correct definition of Purgatory is the reparation of our sins that we did not do on earth. Like saying sorry when you know you hurt someone, but would rather let them stew over it.
When the soul has accomplished all these reparations, and are pure, then they can enter the Kingdom of heaven.
There is no reparation for something that God forgave.
And there’s nothing that can pay for sin but the shedding of blood.
Purgatory CANNOT pay for sin because sin is not atoned that way.
It’s becoming clearer by the day that Catholics have NO concept of what forgiveness really is. They seem to think that it’s feeling sorry and then working to pay off the debt.
Forgiveness is release from the debt owed NO STRINGS ATTACHED.
What the Catholics describe as their version of forgiveness is actually a description of justice, paying for sin themselves.
There’s no forgiveness in that. There’s no mercy in that.
So much for “I will forgive them their sins and remember them no more” right?
And what did Jesus pay for on the cross?
Sal..God has said that when He forgives us He "sees the sin no more"(heb 8:6)..If God can not see our sin..how can He determine the stay in Purgatory ??