Purgatory is most identified with the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church and contemporary Catholic philosophers typically construe the ante-mortem person and the disembodied soul in the hylomorphic framework of Aquinas. We'll very briefly explore the origins on the doctrine of Purgatory, its ...
From the beginning of their organized existence, therefore, both the synagogue and the early Christian church prayed extensively for their dead, and many of the most ancient prayers to this effect are still found in the liturgies of the Greek and Latin churches. ...
The faith of the Church concerning purgatory is clearly expressed in the Decree of Union drawn up by the Council of Florence (Mansi, t. XXXI, col. 1031), and in the decree of the Council of Trent which (Sess. XXV) defined: “Whereas the Catholic Church, instructed by the Holy Ghost,...
1 Cor. 15:29-30 – Paul mentions people being baptized on behalf of the dead, in the context of atoning for their sins (people are baptized on the dead’s behalf so the dead can be raised). These people cannot be in heaven because they are still with sin, but they also cannot be...
In 1545, in response to Martin Luther and his Protestant Reformation, the Catholic Church established a commission to assess the deep levels of corruptions including the selling of indulgences and bribery. During this time, the Council of Trent reaffirmed the doctrine of purgatory. The Gospel Coali...
Religion[uncountable] (esp. in Roman Catholic belief ) a place or state following death in which souls not condemned to hell are purified of lesser sins or undergo the punishment still remaining for forgiven mortal sins and are thereby made ready for heaven. a state or place of temporary ...
Traditionally, the unpardonable sin refers to final impenitence, when an individual refuses God’s mercy until death (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1864). But rest assured that as long as someone turns away from sin and his repentance is honest, God will forgive him. “There is no offense...
This is a reference to the doctrine of purgatory and it is worth noting that when this play was produced in 1601, Elizabeth was still alive, and within the protestant faith there is no purgatory in the Anglican Church. In the words of Quentin Skinner, “according to the Thirty-Nine ...
The belief in purgatory, fundamental with the Roman Catholic Church, is based by the Church authorities chiefly upon II Macc. xii. 44-45: "If he [Judas] had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the (dead. . . . ...
The catechism also tells us: “All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven. The Church gives the name...