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Gloria Mundi
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Posted: Tue Feb 12th, 2008 01:46 pm |
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Please can you help find me biblical references to purgatory .and purification.
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Candlemass
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Posted: Tue Feb 12th, 2008 01:55 pm |
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http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2005/0511sbs.asp
http://www.scripturecatholic.com/purgatory.html
Last edited on Tue Feb 12th, 2008 01:56 pm by Candlemass
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Posted: Tue Feb 12th, 2008 02:30 pm |
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Here are a few more references:
http://www.cuf.org/Faithfacts/details_view.asp?ffID=120
http://www.catholic.com/library/Purgatory.asp
http://www.catholic.com/library/Roots_of_Purgatory.asp
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12575a.htm
http://www.catholicapologetics.org/ap090400.htm
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Gloria Mundi
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Posted: Tue Feb 12th, 2008 04:25 pm |
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I am most grateful for all these brilliant links.
Many thanks.
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Posted: Tue Feb 12th, 2008 05:38 pm |
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Gloria Mundi wrote: I am most grateful for all these brilliant links.
Many thanks.
One of the many blessings of the Catholic faith is that we don't have to constantly reinvent the wheel. Regardless of what we seek, others have been there before. Even the links I gave you that reference the Early Fathers demonstrate the continuity of belief, and if you look beyond the name "purgatory" (which is indeed a western term) you will find an amazing continuity of belief between east and west. So "purgatory" is a scripturally based reality, belief in which was held by all Christians until the Protestant revolution threw it out with the bath water.
I understand that Protestants often demand proof in scripture for every little thing, but I often want to scream, "The burden of proof is on you! You're the ones who changed the doctrine!" 
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Dave Armstrong
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Posted: Wed Feb 13th, 2008 07:07 pm |
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| I have a web page on this topic, that contains many papers. I'll also soon be adding to my blog the chapter on purgatory from my book, A Biblical Defense of Catholicism.
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Gloria Mundi
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Posted: Wed Feb 13th, 2008 08:29 pm |
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Thank you for your most informative website link Dave.
The reason I raised the question about Purgatory is that protestant friend questioned me about it. I must admit I am not well informed on the subject and could not respond straight away, and did not know there were so many references to purgatory in the Bible.
God Bless
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Posted: Wed Feb 13th, 2008 08:54 pm |
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| It's a tough one to get through to them. Best wishes! Don't ever be reluctant to admit you don't know something if you don't. None of us know all things, so there is no shame in saying that, in the course of our sharing our faith with others.
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