Purgatory
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According to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, Purgatory is the "final purification of the elect": "All who die in God's 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."[1]
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[change] Purgatory in art and culture
Perhaps the best-known instance of purgatory in the arts is Dante's Purgatorio, the second book of his Divine Comedy. Likewise, the Ghost in William Shakespeare's Hamlet may also presuppose a belief in purgatory,[2]
[change] Footnotes
- ↑ Catechism of the Catholic Church § 1030-1031 (section entitled, "The Final Purification, or Purgatory); cf. Council of Florence (1439): DS 1304; Council of Trent (1563): DS 1820; (1547): 1580; see also Benedict XII, Benedictus Deus (1336): DS 1000.
- ↑ "I am thy fathers spirit, Doomd for a certaine tearme to walke the night, And for the day confind to fast in fires, Till the foule crimes done in my dayes of nature Are burnt and purg'd away".[1]
[change] Sources
- Akin, James. How to explain Purgatory to Protestants
- Blackwell Dictionary of Eastern Christianity (Oxford: Blackwell, 1999)
- Catechism of the Catholic Church, available online
- Catechism of St. Philaret (Drozdov) of Moscow
- Catholic Encyclopedia of 1914, Purgatory
- Clendenin, Daniel B. (ed.). Eastern Orthodox Theology (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1995)
- Demetry, Constas H. Catechism of the Eastern Orthodox Church
- Dragani, Anthony. From East to West: Purgatory
- O' Collins, Gerald and Mario Farrugia. Catholicism: the story of Catholic Christianity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003)
[change] See also
[change] Other websites
- CatholicBridge.com, Purgatory — Ecumenical article by David MacDonald concerning Evangelical and Catholic belief
- Catholic Answers, Purgatory — Catholic apologetic article
- NewAdvent.org, Purgatory — 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article
- bringyou.to/apologetics — Readings from the Church Fathers and other sources on Purgatory, by Phil Porvaznik
- EWTN.com library, Heaven, Hell and Purgatory according to Pope John Paul II — Article from the newspaper of the Holy See, L'Osservatore Romano, July-August 1999
- JewishEncyclopedia.com, Purgatory — Article by Kaufmann Kohler in the online Jewish Encyclopedia
- New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Purgatory — Article by C. A. Beckwith in the 19th century Protestant encyclopedia (ed. Philip Schaff)
- Purgatory account in the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- I Believe in Purgatory... — excerpt from C. S. Lewis's Letters To Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, chapter 20
- Frequently Asked Questions at Holy Souls Online
- Purgatory and praying for the dead on Catholic Apologetic
- "Prisoner of the King: Thoughts on the Catholic Doctrine of Purgatory", H. J. Coleridge, 1889. retrieved 24 May 2007