in the roman catholic theology what is the name of the place where already saved souls are cleansed?
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Purgatory...\n\nWhen I die, I will not enter the kingdom of Heaven immediately, either...\n\nThe Bible distinguishes between those who enter Heaven straightaway, calling them "the church of the firstborn" (Heb. 12:23), and those who enter after having undergone a purgation, calling them "the spirits of the just made perfect." (Heb. 12:23). \n\nChrist Himself stated: \n\n"Settle with your opponent quickly while on the way to court with him. Otherwise your opponent will hand you over to the judge, and the judge will hand you over to the guard, and you will be thrown into prison. Amen, I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last penny." (Matt. 5 :26). \n\nAnd: \n\n"I tell you, on the day of judgment people will render an account for every careless word they speak. By your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned." (Matt. 12:36-37). \n\nNO ONE ON THIS EARTH IS GUARANTEED TO GO TO HEAVEN JUST BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST OR BY GOD'S GRACE ALONE!\n\nGod's grace, alone, won't do it...(you can fall from God's grace)\n\nMy faith, alone, won't do it...(you can lose faith)\n\nHow I live my life, by itself, won't do it...(you can do bad things in your life that can prolong your stay in Purgatory, and also prevent your entry into Heaven)\n\nI know that I can only get to heaven through Jesus. Also, it is not just by this faith in Jesus, nor just the Grace of God, nor just the works that I do. It is a combination of many things. \n\nWe receive God's saving and sanctifying grace in many ways, and Christ Himself, into our souls when we are baptized and through the Sacraments. Yet we also know that Christ Himself has established certain conditions for entry into eternal happiness in Heaven.\n\n"Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever."" (John 6:53-58)\n\nWe will be judged by this as well, so be warned...\n\n"Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. A person should examine himself, and so eat the bread and drink the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself." (1 Cor. 11:27-29).\n\nWe will also be judged by our faith, but not by this alone, we will also be judged by the works that we do (Justification by faith alone is a Protestant doctrine; it was unheard of in the Christian community before the sixteenth century.)...\n\nIf St. Paul meant that faith ruled out the necessity of good works for salvation, he would not have written: \n\n". . . and if I should have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing." (1 Cor. 13:2). \n\nIf faith ruled out the necessity of good works for salvation, the Apostle James would not have written: \n\n"Do you see that by works a man is justified; and not by faith only'? . . . For even as the body without the spirit is dead; so also faith without works is dead." (James 2:24-26). \n\nIf faith ruled out the necessity of good works for salvation, the Apostle Peter would not have written: \n\n"Therefore, brothers, be all the more eager to make your call and election firm, for, in doing so, you will never stumble. For, in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord a
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Roman Catholicism\n\nReynolds Jones\nhttp://www.rebuff.org
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Personally I don’t think of Purgatory as a “place” in the physical sense.  I think it more likely that if such a place existed it would have to change for each person in such a way that they would be able to free themselves from the more sinful aspects of their nature.  Ultimately most sin extends from selfishness and I think purgatory would be giving people a chance to “grow” beyond where they were at the time of their death.  Most people assume that we become more perfect (or closer to the divine as some would say) in heaven than we are on earth but few think of how that comes to pass.  Would God merely zap someone’s psyche into something more suited for an angel? I find that kinda creepy. Lobotomies have been used to effect the same change in people here on earth after all.  A place of purgation gives you a chance to better yourself on your own, which I hope is something we all have a chance at, regardless of when or where we are.\n\nFor those of you who don’t know Purgatory is essentially defined as: "a place or condition of temporal punishment for those who, departing this life in God's grace are not entirely free from venial faults, or have not fully paid the satisfaction due to their transgressions."\n\nReferences to a place of purgation (place where your purged of your sins) are made as far back as the beginning of the third century (by Clement of Alexandria) and are frequently referenced up to and beyond the bible's canonization (where they decided what books should go into the bible) in 390CE. While no direct references to purgatory were chosen in 390CE, it was acknowledged that the concept was worthy of incorporation into other church publications.\n\nWhen the Reformation came in northern europe, the concept of purgatory was something chosen to be dropped to help distinguish the reformers from the old Church. At the time the idea was being abused in some regions to encourage wealthy church patrons to help "buy" their way out of their sins. This is why many of the Protestant groups today are still contemptuous of the concept, despite it's importance to earlier Christian groups. \n\nThe second act of Dante’s Inferno deals with the concept of purgatory, but if you really wish to learn more you’ll need to read translations of the works of St. Augustine and other early Christian leaders. Dan 12:10; Zech 13:9; Mal 3:2-3; 2 Mac 12:42-45; Matthew 5:26; Lk 12:47-48; Lk 12:58-59; 1 Cor 3:13-15; Apoc 21:27: are some of the biblical passages which were included in 390 that many site provide for the existence of a state of purgatory.\n\nI have mixed feelings on the subject. Personally I think it’s a concept that has an impressive historical record that I acknowledge as one of many possibilities. In the end you’re going to need to die to really know for sure. Also contrary to what many people here are telling you, Roman Catholics aren't the only Christians to hold on to the concept of purgatory as a teaching. \n\n\nBest Wishes,\nArmus
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Matthew 12:32; 1 Corinthians 3:10-15; Hebrews 12:29; Revelation 21:27; 1 Peter 3:19; 2 Maccabees 12:44-46.\n\nAll 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.\n\nThe Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned. The tradition of the Church, by reference to certain texts of Scripture, speaks of a cleansing fire:\n\nMatthew 12:32 infers that there is a place, neither heaven or hell, wherein sins will be forgiven in the age to come.\n\n1 Corinthians 3:10-15 talks of the fire of judgment and how one's life will be judged based on the foundations laid by Christ, losing what is impure and keeping that which is pure.\n\nHebrews 12:29 again reaffirms that God's love consumes what is impure (Deuteronomy 4:24).\n\nRevelation 21:27 tells us that nothing impure shall enter heaven (which is the reason for the purifying fire of judgment). \n\n1 Peter 3:19 tells us of Jesus' preaching to the spirits in prison. What prison? The abode of the dead (Hebrew: sheol, Greek: hades, Latin: purgatio, English: purgatory). \n\nFinally, 2 Maccabees 12:44-46 gives a very clear example but, sadly, it is not in the Protestant Bible.\n\n1 Timothy 3:15 tells us that it is the Church, not the Bible, which gives us all the truth and provides the basis for determining truth or falsity (none of the Church teachings are in conflict with the Holy Scripture.) Matthew 18:17-19 AGAIN tells us that the Church is the final authority. \n\nSt. Paul reminds us to live in accordance with all the teachings which have been given to us. We are not to be distracted by those who would try to limit the teachings if the Church. (2 Thess 2:15; 3:6)\n\nWhen asked "Where in the Bible does it say that you are to ...?" perhaps we ought to counter "Where in the Bible does it say that we are not to...?"
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When you are save the holy ghost come and seal you, your soul.\nyour soul, he save. can we miss up ,  yes. but most repent!\nJesus die on the cross for you,  shed his blood for you,\nbuy the blood our sin are made white. Buy the blood we are wash clean.  Buy the blood our sin are wash a away.\nThe blood clean all sin. \n\n             NOTHING CAN WASH THE BLOOD AWAY.\n\nBut we do not have the right to sin, if we go to sin because we want to we well pay for it.\nThat why some people are sick,   NOT all, some are because of sin.\nyou have to repent.\nIt what Jesus the Christ did on the cross that save us, and it a gift but we have to take it when call by the Holy Ghost.\nCan not buy it, or work for it,  IT IS FREE!!!!!!\nThen after we are save we need to work..
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Sanctification is a second, definite work of grace after salvation.  You do not "grow into" sanctification any more than you "grow into" salvation.  In sanctification the Holy Spirit cleanses the carnal nature from your heart.  We're still human and make mistakes, but we do not commit sin.  For sanctification, we consecrate our whole lives to God, our plans, future, everything and ask the Holy Spirit to cleanse us.  Look up on the some holiness websites on the search engine.  I think the Pilgrim Holiness has a good website.
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There is no mention of "purgatory" at all in the Bible. "Purgatory" is only a Roman Catholic doctrine - a place or condition of temporary punishment meant to cleanse those destined for heaven but not quite ready for it.\n\nYou ask questions which no one can answer. Not even the pope. He and your priest will tell you their own versions - and i think you'd believe the pope because he is the highest ranking?\n\nBelieve in the goodness of yourself.
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If God exists outside of time which I find likely if he created the Universe including time, then heaven and hell would not be bound by the laws of time or space. So a better answer to your question is "where" was purgatory created, the answer: outside of time.\n\nFor those of you who don't know, Purgatory is essentially defined as: "a place or condition of temporal punishment for those who, departing this life in God's grace are not entirely free from venial faults, or have not fully paid the satisfaction due to their transgressions."\n\nReferences to a place of purgation (place where your purged of your sins) are made as far back as the beginning of the third century (by Clement of Alexandria) and are frequently referenced up to and beyond the bible's canonization (where they decided what books should go into the bible) in 390CE. While no direct references to purgatory were chosen in 390CE, it was acknowledged that the concept was worthy of incorporation into other church publications.\n\nWhen the Reformation came in northern europe, the concept of purgatory was something chosen to be dropped to help distinguish the reformers from the old Church. At the time the idea was being abused in some regions to encourage wealthy church patrons to help "buy" their way out of their sins. This is why many of the Protestant groups today are still contemptuous of the concept, despite it's importance to earlier Christian groups. \n\nThe second act of Dante’s Inferno deals with the concept of purgatory, but if you really wish to learn more you’ll need to read translations of the works of St. Augustine and other early Christian leaders. Dan 12:10; Zech 13:9; Mal 3:2-3; 2 Mac 12:42-45; Matthew 5:26; Lk 12:47-48; Lk 12:58-59; 1 Cor 3:13-15; Apoc 21:27: are some of the biblical passages which were included in 390 that many site provide for the existence of a state of purgatory.\n\nDoes it exist?  I have mixed feelings on the subject, it is a Christian teaching with an impressive historical record that I regard as one of many possibilities.  \n\nRegards,\nArmus
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Read Dante's Inferno to learn about it.  It is basically where people who have not been baptized, but have not sinned enough to merit damnation to the lower levels of hell go.  They have "natural" happiness, but are forever kept from seeing God.  The Catholic Church used to talk a lot about it, but does not talk so much about it today.  The concept has not yet been altered or abolished, but things seem to be going in that direction.  The newer concept is that good people who are not baptized, but who would have been had they known about the necessity of Baptism, might be allowed into heaven by God's grace without Baptism.
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The Catholic Church founded by Christ himself.\n\nGod bless,\nStanbo
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Actually, I believe you mean purgatory.  And if you go to purgatory, you've made it to heaven...you just have to get cleaned up a bit before being worthy to enter God's presence.  Catholics believe that you either go to heaven or hell.  Purgatory is a step to heaven and no one ever goes to purgatory before going to hell.  You go directly to hell......or you go to purgatory on your way to heaven.   The term Limbo used to refer to what many used to believe a place where unbaptized babies went but that is not what the church believes....Babies who are unbaptized, are taken directly to heaven because they are incapable of reason and sin by choice.  God's mercy far outweighs the bonds of original sin on one so innocent.
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there is 3 destinies of a soul: reborn, rest with ancestors or go to Gods/Goddesses.\nmy definition of an afterlife is Summerland.
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Is this what you are looking for?\n\nSt. Ambrose of Milan opined:\n Give, oh Lord, rest to Thy servant Theodosius, that rest Thou hast prepared for Thy saints....I love him, therefore will I follow him to the land of the living; I will not leave him till by my prayers and lamentations he shall be admitted unto the holy mount of the Lord, to which his deserts call him. \n\n(De Obit Theodosii [c. AD 395] or Migne PL 16:1397)\n\nOr is this what you are looking for?\nhttp://www.ostia-antica.org/~atexts/codex.htm\n\nThere is an English translation of the Code by C. Pharr: \nThe Theodosian Code and Novels and the Sirmondian Constitutions (Princeton, 1952).
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Yes there is, 100%. If you don't know Christ as Lord and Savior of your life, you will end up in hell when you die.
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Purgatory, per se, is not in the bible...in the Old testament, there was a section of hell used as a holding tank for believing Jews, who were waiting for the Messiah. When Jesus died, before he arose, he desended into hell to free those that were there and bring them to heaven. Jesus makes some reference to this compartment of hell when he tells the story about Lazarus and the rich man.\n\nOnce Jesus had accomplished his purpose here, there was no longer a need for this compartment, since people who died then went straight to heaven, not to a holding tank. .."to be absent from the body means to be present with the Lord."\n\nThe "Purgatory" section of hell was done away with when this compartment was closed, since it was no longer needed.  But it was never meant to be a place of temporal punishment.
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Two points.\n\nPoint one. The concept of purgation is hinted at in the Bible. Here are a couple of places:\n\n"But if someone's work is burned up, that one will suffer loss; the person will be saved, but only as through fire." 1 Cor 3:15\n\n"So that the genuineness of your faith, more precious than gold that is perishable even though tested by fire, may prove to be for praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ." 1 Pet 1:7\n\nAre you perfect now? Most people would say no.\n\nWill you be perfect in heaven? Most people believe yes.\n\nPurgatory (or purgation) is the process of God's love changing our imperfect selves on earth into perfect beings in heaven. Depending on the amount of change needed by different people, this can be an easy or slightly harder process. Everyone in purgatory is on his or her way to heaven. I do not think Mother Teresa of Calcutta had a very hard time of it.\n\n\nPoint two. The Catholic Church does not only use Holy Scripture for the basis of doctrine. The early Catholic church existed before and during the time that the New Testament was written (by Catholics).\n\nCatholics also believe that the Holy Spirit was guiding the early church (and is guiding the church today) to make the correct choices about things like:\n- The Holy Trinity (which is also only hinted at in the Bible)\n- Going to church on Sunday instead of Saturday (which is actually directly against one of the ten commandments)\n- Which books to include in the New Testament?\n- How do our imperfect selves on earth get to be perfect in heaven?\nThis second source of doctrine is called Holy Tradition.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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Roman Catholics have  add works to there salvation.  The Holy Sacrements are required to do to get to heaven. Plus they believe in purgutary a place where they go to finish cleanses there sins, based on there works on earth the longer or least time there will spend in pur. then they will go to heaven. The pope goes straight to heaven bypassing purgutary. They have strange views about Mary, they lift her name up. She did have favor in God's eyes but thats it she still was a sinner just like all men. I disagree with there doctrine