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โ The doctrine of the existence of purgatory is not only reasonable, but its negation is eminently contrary to reason; it is taught in Holy Scripture, and has been taught by the Church from the very beginning.
After a battle, Judas Machabeus ordered prayers and sacrifices offered up for his slain comrades (2 Mach. 12:43-46).
๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต. ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฆ๐. ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐น, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ.
The doctrine of Purgatory was given solemn definition by the Council of Trent as follows: “There is a purgatory, and the souls there detained are assisted by the suffrages of the faithful, but especially by the most acceptable sacrifice of the altar.”
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐. ๐๐ณ ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น, ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ฑ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ, ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป? ๐๐ผ๐ฑ’๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ ๐ถ๐: “๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ” (๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฐ. ๐ฎ๐ญ:๐ฎ๐ณ), ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐น? ๐๐ผ๐ฑ’๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ท๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐.
Therefore reason concludes the existence of a middle and temporary state of expiation, where the soul is cleansed from all stain of sin before it can be admitted into the perfect holiness and bliss of heaven. “Amen, I say to thee, thou wilt not come out from it until thou hast paid the last penny” (Matt. 5:26).
