Purgatory purifies those who are SAVED so they can be perfected
and enter heaven. Purgatory cleanses us of our venial sins.
Mortal sins sadly will cause us to perish in Hell unless u are
forgiven by the Church through the sacrament of Penance.
1 Cor 3
If anyone builds on this foundation with gold, silver, precious
stones, wood, hay, or straw,
13
the work of each will come to light, for the Day 7 will disclose
it. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire (itself) will test
the quality of each one's work.
14
If the work stands that someone built upon the foundation, that
person will receive a wage.
15
But if someone's work is burned up, that one will suffer loss; the
person will be saved, 8 but only as through fire. (purgatory and
venial sin)
16
Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit
of God dwells in you?
17
If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person; for
the temple of God, which you are, is holy (mortal sin)
The verse demonstrates that, if a person does both good and bad
works, his bad works are punished, but he is still saved. The Greek
phrase for "suffer loss" (zemiothesetai) means "to be punished."
This means the man undergoes an expiation of temporal punishment
for his bad works (sins) but is still saved. The phrase but only
or yet so (in Greek, houtos) means "in the same manner." This
means that the man must pass through the fire in the same way that
his bad works passed through the fire, in order to expiate himself
of the things that led him to produce the bad works in the first
place.
This demonstrates that there is punishment after death, followed by
salvation. The Church calls this purification Purgatory. If
accepting Jesus as Savior by faith alone during one's life were
true, there would be no punishment after death for those who are
saved. Your sins would already be washed away. This passage proves
that there is punishment and forgiveness after death, followed by
salvation
Rev. 21:27 - nothing unclean shall enter heaven. The word unclean
comes from the Greek word koinon which refers to a spiritual
corruption. Even the propensity to sin is spiritually corrupt, or
considered unclean, and must be purified before entering heaven. It
is amazing how many Protestants do not want to believe in
purgatory. Purgatory exists because of the mercy of God. If there
were no purgatory, this would also likely mean no salvation for
most people. God is merciful indeed.
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 the next (from the Greek en to mellonti) generally
refers to the afterlife (see, for example, Mark 10.30; Luke 18.30;
20.34-35; Eph. 1.21 for similar language). Forgiveness is not
necessary in heaven, and there is no forgiveness in hell. This
proves that there is another state after death, and the Church for
2,000 years has called this state purgatory.
Luke 12
47
That servant who knew his master's will but did not make
preparations nor act in accord with his will shall be beaten
severely;
48
and the servant who was ignorant of his master's will but acted in
a way deserving of a severe beating shall be beaten only lightly.
Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still
more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more
When the Master comes (at the end of time), some will receive light
or heavy beatings but will live. This state is not heaven or hell,
because in heaven there are no beatings, and in hell we will no
longer live with the Master. This state is purgatory.
Here are the few verses i thought u might wanna think
about.
