What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "Purgatory:" 1031. "The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment ...

The word Purgatory is related to the verb - to purge - which means to cleanse or purify. According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC): All who die in God's grace and friendship ...

Perhaps more than any other teaching of the Catholic Church, the doctrine of purgatory sets Catholics apart from other Christian professions. While all Christians acknowledge the Four Last Things ...

The joy of the summit is built into the struggle to get there. Rooted in this vision of purgatory is an especially Catholic understanding of grace. God works within us through his grace ...

The fires of this temporary hell are a “burning shame” and “searing regret,” a source of redemption, and, as such, a “Protestant” purgatory. The horror of the Roman Catholic purgatory ...

Purgatory was defined at the Council of Trent in 1545-1563: “Whereas the Catholic Church, instructed by the Holy Ghost, has from the Sacred Scriptures and the ancient tradition of the Fathers ...

Fascinating as a case study in the resolution of Biblical inconsistency, purgatory is still more interesting in context, a central component in a revolutionary refashioning of Latin Christianity.

Development plans for St. Charles Catholic Church in Clarendon have descended into planning purgatory. The brick church, which occupies a large piece of land near Northside Social and George Mason ...