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Whether you believe in purgatory or not, this historical doctrine regarding its existence is intriguing. Purgatory is integral to the Roman Catholic faith, but what does the Bible say about it? And how can Protestant Christians lovingly engage with Catholics beyond just an intellectual understanding ...
Matt. 12:32 – Jesus says, “And anyone who says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but no one who speaks against the Holy Spirit will be forgiven either in this world or in the next.” Jesus thus clearly provides that there is forgiveness after death. The phrase “in ...
Catholic apologist Dave Armstrong explains the argument this way: Mentioning “the age to come” assumes the premise that such things can happen in the afterlife, after death. Otherwise, why mention it? We don’t include in our observations what we regard as a falsehood or impossible. No one...
A great example of a man who has been forgiven of his serious sin, but hasn’t made satisfaction for it, is found in the case of David. In 2nd Samuel 11 (2 Kings 11 in the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible), we read that King David committed adultery with Bathsheba. David also had her ...
While confession and repentance can help us to clear our souls of sin, when we die many of us still need to be cleansed of the sin in our soul in order to get into the eternal paradise that is heaven.This is where purgatory comes in. Think of it as a type of detox clinic for ...
15 Eerie Indications Your Past Lives Are Seeping Into The Present People Who've Claimed To Have Seen Or Gone To Hell 13 People Who Survived Near-Death Experiences Share What The Afterlife Is Like All Of The Versions Of Purgatory Purgatory Doesn't Appear In The Bible, So Where Did It Come...
(theology) In Catholicism, the stage of the afterlife where souls suffer for their sins before they can enter heaven [..] + 添加翻译 英文-中文字典 炼狱 noun stage of the afterlife in Catholic theology [..] Maybe it was purgatory, but I don't know. 或许 那是 炼狱 , 但是 我不...
As a Protestant converting to the Catholic faith, I admittedly struggled with the concept ofpurgatory. It seemed like it was a “third place” for eternity and a “third place”, in addition to heaven and hell, just did not seem Biblical to me. It was not until I realized what purgatory...
resurrection,in which the soul is separated from the body (A nderson 1 986,1 1 4;Grudem 1 994,8 1 7;Beeck 1995,153;Finkenzeller 1996,363).A ccording to the Catholic Catechism,“there exists a purgatory,in which the souls of the unjust who die with the stains of sins are cleansed...