A t the Last Judgment the condition of purification comes to an end for all souls in Purgatory. This is the belief of the Church, founded on the doctrine of that final event.
Hence St. Augustine remarks: "The Christian is therefore to hold that there is no Purgatory, except before the last and tremendous judgment. Moreover the holy Fathers declare that God may so increase the intensity of their punishment that they atone for their faults in a short time. It is certain, then, that the punishment of Purgatory is not everlasting, for in this case there would be no difference between it and hell.
It is certain also that the duration of Purgatory will not last beyond the final judgment, for after it there will be only heaven and hell. Finally, it is beyond doubt that the torments of Purgatory will not be of the same duration, nor of the same intensity for all souls; for justice admits not of equality of punishment where there is no equality of guilt.
I t is difficult, or rather impossible, to demonstrate how long the punishment of particular souls will last. Augustine teaches that the duration of punishment in Purgatory for a soul is fixed according to the measure of sin and penance of each individual. The duration may be measured by days, and yet, on account of the intensity of pain, it may seem much longer. B rother Constantine of the Redeemer appeared after his death and said, "I suffered three days, and they seemed to me to have been three thousand years.
It is only by the special favor of the goodness and mercy of God that we are permitted to shorten the sufferings of the souls in Purgatory. When, therefore, souls suffer a long time in it, it is in great part the fault of surviving Christians, who are either careless and lukewarm in their prayers for them, or have too high an opinion of their virtues.
Another reason for the long duration of the suffering of some souls is their inability to do anything for themselves, the great number of faults and negligences of which they have been guilty, and particularly their neglect and want of charity during life for the souls of the faithful departed; finally, the immaculate purity required of those that enter heaven.
We append a few examples of long suffering in Purgatory, taken from the revelations of saintly persons. A ccording to Venerable Marina of Escobar some souls are sentenced to a punishment of twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty years and more. One soul told her that it had been sentenced for a period of almost inconceivable duration, but by the aid of suffrages the time had been shortened.
The Venerable Sister Frances of the Blessed Sacrament relates: Some pious Carmelite Sisters had to suffer for twenty, forty and fifty years, and still their deliverance was delayed. A pious bishop was in Purgatory ninety-five years for some negligences; a priest forty years for similar reasons; a nobleman sixty-five years 0n account of his fondness for gambling; another soul had suffered for eight years when it appeared to Frances.
The Venerable Catherine Emmerich, a great friend of the Suffering Souls, mentions souls that were in Purgatory for centuries. She relates: "I was led to the various abodes of the souls, and remember being transported to a mountain whence a soul advanced towards me, wearing a chain and surrounded by a red blaze. Dolls: Teddy— to eradicate the paranormal forces suddenly blossoming on North American soil. Which it probably did when you guys were growing up. He later identifies it as ammolite, found primarily along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, with significant deposits found in the Bearpaw Formation that extends from Alberta to Saskatchewan and south to Montana.
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Gods grace is free. We must act upon it. He says to believe in him and be baptized for the forgiveness of sins. He says that scriptures is sufficient for teaching. He says to obey the Traditions through oral teaching. He says to confess to one another yours sins. He says to ask God for the forgiveness of sins. He says to keep his commandments.
He says you are saved by faith. He says you are saved by works and not by faith alone. He says that unless you eat his flesh and drink his blood , you have no life in him. He tells his Peter that whatever you hold bound on earth will be held bound in heaven and whatever he looses on earth will be loosed in heaven. Each verse you cite I can cite another one.
Both are right. God gave Moses the 10 Commandments correct? What does it say in Exodus ? I say that to say this, why would I want to go to a Catholic church when they are not following the instructions of God and His Son Jesus Christ?
Just because you sit in a pew on Easter and Christmas and maybe even every Sunday does NOT qualify you as truly saved. His sheep know His voice. You also would do better to give scriptural references to the points you are trying to prove. Ummmm… So basically, the blood of Jesus is not enough to take away all sin?? So which sins does it remove? Yes, nothing unclean will enter heaven, but we are made clean by His sacrifice….
We have purgatory exactly because Jesus died on the cross. His death allows us to be purged of the effects of sin through purgatory. In Luke , the criminal on the cross next to Jesus professes that he believes Jesus is Lord.
The thief on the cross is a poor example of proving faith alone. Think about his circumstances. The thief on the cross was on the verge of death. He did not have the freedom to continue to live and make good choices or bad choices; he was on his deathbed.
Of course if he surrendered himself to Jesus in this manner that he could be saved; no one doubts this. The majority of people, however, are not on their deathbeds. Therefore, a little more is expected from those who believe in God yet must continue to live on earth until the Lord calls them home. How then can you say nobody is without sin. DId Jesus not say suffer the little children to come unto me. There are a few types of sin. Committed sin is when someone commits a sinful action of their own doing.
An inherited sin is original sin. Baptism removes the effect of sin. We do not know the state of the soul of the little child nor do we know exactly what happens to innocent children when they die.
Presumably they would be taken directly into heaven. God is merciful. Baptism does absolutely nothing as regards to sin. It is a symbol that I hold in high regard because our Lord was baptized and told us to baptize. And as for little children the Bible states that the secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever that we may do all the words of this law.
Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right? You hold baptism in high regard because Jesus told you to do it?
Why would Jesus want us to do it if it had no significance? Why would he ask us to do something arbitrary? Quite simply, because if there is such a place, then we are all going to wind up there anyway, whether we believe in it or not.
I happen to believe that Salvation is a process, not an instantaneous event. Therefore I believe in the process. Original Sin is something we inherit through no fault of our own so how can we be responsible for it while we are alive?
It is the one sin that follows us beyond the grave, therefore there has to be a Cleansing Place. No matter how good anybody is, and sin free, nobody is really sin free. If we were to die right now we would not be clean enough to enter Heaven and be with God.
So Purgatory cleans you up. It gives you a shower. It washes your hands. It puts you in clean clothes. It makes you holy. So then you can enter the feast God has for us. Nothing unclean can enter Heaven, and that what Purgatory is for.
I was told, as a former Catholic, that it was a place of suffering for our sins. You are negating his work on the cross! Hi Jon, I am aware of the Catholic position on faith and works.
My point is excluding scriptures that counter a chosen system of beliefs leads to bondage. Scripture supports the Catholic position.
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