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Catholics...So where are all the souls what went to purgatory now that there is no Purgatory??

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  • 1 decade ago
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    + Purgatory +

    Catholics still believe in Purgatory.

    Are you perfect now? Most people would say no.

    Will you be perfect in heaven? Most people believe yes.

    Purgatory (or purgation) is the process of God's love changing our imperfect selves into perfect beings.

    Depending on the amount of change needed by different people this can be an easy or slightly harder process.

    Everyone in purgatory is on their way to heaven.

    I don't think Mother Teresa of Calcutta had a very hard time of it.

    http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt3a...

    + Limbo +

    The Church has pondered the suggestion of Limbo for a few hundred years and has decided that it is not a good idea. Limbo was never official doctrine.

    Jesus said, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to the whole creation. He who believes and is baptized will be saved." (Mark 16:15-16)

    For centuries, people have wondered about children who died before they were baptized. The Bible does not explicitly state that they will go to heaven.

    Limbo was suggested as the place where unbaptized babies went when they died. This idea was never official Church doctrine and has been rejected.

    The Church now says that it is not sure what happens to unbaptized babies when they die but she entrusts them to the mercy of God.

    http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt2sect2.htm#1...

    + With love in Christ.

  • 1 decade ago

    Since Purgatory is a central doctrinal belief of Christianity, there always was, is now, and always will be Purgatory. The doctrinal teachings of the Catholic Church never change. They can't since they are the fullness of truth, and truth cannot change, unless you change it to untruth, as in the thousands of unauthorized conflicting manmade denominations of Protestantism. I assume you are actually referring to the Church's present stance on Limbo, which is entirely different from Purgatory, and which never was a defined doctrine of the Catholic Church, just a grass roots popular belief, which is exactly why the Church has rightly discouraged belief in it.

  • 1 decade ago

    Purgatory is still around. Limbo is no more. Do not feel bad, many Catholics get this wrong also.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Limbo was an interpretation - it's not official dogma. And purgatory is still around.

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  • 1 decade ago

    Congress?

  • 1 decade ago

    Who left it up to a human being to decided whether or not limbo exsists? Did god send him a text message? I dont get all this nonsense...I think I'm going to now decide that god told me Morgan Freeman really is god...

  • 1 decade ago

    They all went to Wisconsin

  • Fred
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    I guess that they are lost souls.

  • 1 decade ago

    Hey commander,

    The Roman church just made purgatory up as they did Indo European- Isrealite lol. To fit into their twisted belief structure professing themselves wise they became fools who changed the truth of God into a lie.. Read Romans the first chapter of Romans! For it encompasses today's events in our culture and explains why, cross reference it with Lev. 18! It sadens me deeply to say what's in our heart is contray to truth. That our heritage is a rendition of Isreal's. Because we have been placed in the Bible does not constitute us being God's elect! Further more it condemns us rather than lifts us up! Yeshua's word condemns us as the frauds we really are. Yet we continue to parade around ignorantly believing we are God's chosen. All are ancestors had to do, were humble themselves and learn Hebrew and we would of been fine..

    Because we refused to and desired our own identity acknowledging we are freethinkers and freebooters and selfseekers. Attesting we are the opposite of holiness therefore our Catholic roots continue to spread our wicked diseased philosophies. Either make a tree good and it's fruit will be good or make a tree wicked and it's fruit will be evil. WE cannot be produce good fruit for our root is wicked. There is no such thing as the Roman church it's not of Yeshua's will. He said these signs will follow them that believe, SIGNS and WONDERS! The church reversed the law of menservants and maids. You read the law of the old Testament and reversed it to fit into your wicked philosophies. God himself condemned slavery in the old testament he said release a servant after 7 years. He even mentioned doing it at 6 years. Isreal was enslaved for it's refusal to submit to God's commandments.. Look up and examine why he calls us workers of "iniquity" in comparison to equity then you will understand you charlatans!! Flee the wrath to come for God said, the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness. Read Romans, for this reason among others, there is an influx of homosexuality, disease, adultery, unhappiness in your lives. Our Father said in lev. 18:1-30 and in Deut 28:15-68. if we forsook his commandments he would send these things upon us. Last week all he was telling me is his wrath is revealed from Heaven for the listed reasons above.. He does not afflict suffering as we men do. Pain springs up in our children, homes, families things we hold dear to us. Change your mind and see we are men not God! We all know about the great famine of 12 and 13th century. Then the plague of starvation he sent upon us for our wicked stout hearted villain(ous) behavior of the 10th and 11th century! We have a stinking heritage, our past is one of illogical tyranny and vain conquest! We are a stinch in God's nostrils a ever burning fire. Knowing the the wrath to come not only harden your stout hearts and mock, but take pleasures in those who riot as you do.. Unstable beguiling souls who cannot cease from sinning, twice dead a heart you exercised with coveting practices! know this, you shall give an account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead! We are in violation of many ordinaces of God's law! The law is for you heathens, you offsprings of satan. How to fulfil it has been engrafted in those of us, Yeshua gave power to become the sons of God! We are judged of no man yet we measure all things according to our Father's precepts and his own mind. For Yeshua by our Father's will gave us the mind of Yeshua... That we center our mind on those things concerning God's pleasure, God's will, God's intent. For it not strange that you despise the law of God for it's foolishness to you. Your mind cannot submit to it neither do you regard it but rather mock. For this cause it has been prescribed to destroy you! Now let us examine our Father's knowledge of you Javan the offspring of Japheth. For he knew you and understood your haughty mindset. He condemns you in Eze "Tyrus" beautiful which is what Japheth means lol hence "white" lol. He sent a representative of your mindset to represent you all Paul! Whom Yeshua instructed in his law, to write to us "Romans" to condemn us Romans to the death. He concluded all in sin none seek him none have the fear of him and all are unprofitable! He said he died for the sins of the whole world, that through and by him those that believe he gave the power to become the sons of God! "All in John" Study to show thyself approve unto God a "workman" a "labourer" that needeth not to be ashamed rightly dividing the word of truth..

  • mystic
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    they are haunting the earth now................oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

    BOO!

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