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Where in the Bible does it state that Catholics will go to Purgatory? Pls quote chapter and verse. Thank you. (So, one would assume that Purgatory is a Catholic place where everyone is waiting for the final judgment. All Catholics, except for nuns and priests, will end up in Purgatory as if it’s a country. Pls tell me where in the Bible it says that all Catholics go there when they die.)
Julie,
I think you are little confused about purgatory. This short little explanation will describe Catholic teaching on the matter, as well as its scriptural roots: http://www.catholic.com/library/Purgatory.asp
Like “Trinity,” the word “purgatory” is not in scripture, though it is alluded to in several places, 1 Cor 3:15 being the most direct.
To paraphrase the link, Paul describes the judgment where a man’s work is judged. If a righteous man‚Äôs work fails the test, Paul writes that “He will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire” (1 Cor 3:15). Now this loss, this penalty, can‚Äôt refer to to hell because the saved don’t go to hell. Alternatively, Paul can’t be talking about heaven either, since there is no suffering (“fire”) there.
So what is this process where saved people suffer loss? Catholics call it purgatory.
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