[.45 Long Colt]

Romans 7:28-30 is one of my favorite passages in the Bible and it cuts against so much Catholic teaching. For instance, why would anyone included in that passage (the elect) need Purgatory?

So often it isn’t that Rome denies a truth, it’s that she adds to it and renders it meaningless.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I think you're missing a whole lot of context.

"For instance, why would anyone included in that passage (the elect) need Purgatory?"

1 Corinthians 3:15
If someone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

Matthew 5:26
I tell you the truth, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny!

Clearly indicates a soul going "somewhere" where there is obvious suffering and punishment, but not eternally: Christ clearly indicates that he will be released when his base, unworthy works are "burned up" or when he "pays the last penny".

I guess Jesus thought it was worth repeating:

Luke 12:59
I tell you, you will not get out of there until you have paid the very last cent!”

All as He foreknows, of course.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Denying the eternal significance of human response renders the whole Bible meaningless.