Purgatory is not explicitly found in the Bible; it implies that the righteousness of Christ does not cleanse from all sin; it implies that justification is not by faith alone; it implies that there is something we must do in order to be cleansed of sin; it is a false gospel teaching an alternate way of salvation (Galatians 1:6-9). Larry Wessels, director of Christian Answers of Austin. Texas/ Christian Debater (YouTube channel: CANSWERSTV, see our playlist "Dealing with Roman Catholicism, Idolatry & the Virgin Mary" at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFFA8D69D1B914715&feature=plcp; websites: http://www.BibleQuery.org, http://www.HistoryCart.com & http://www.MuslimHope.com) is joined in studio by former Roman Catholic Rob Zins, Th.M, Dallas Theological Seminary (website: http://www.CWRC-RZ.ORG). Rob Zins has authored the books, "On the Edge of Apostasy," "Romanism: The Relentless Roman Catholic Assault on the Gospel of Jesus Christ" & others.
"I constantly hold that there is a Purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful." - The Trentine Creed, of Pius IV, A.D. 1564, found in Roberts, A., J. Donaldson, and A. C. Coxe, The Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325, 1997, p. 643.
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 1030, "All who die in Gods 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." |
