Co the Eastern Catholic Church believe in purgatory?

[Javl]

Hi Javl. Later on I looked up the Treaty of Brest from from the late 16th century, under which many Eastern Christians decided to not break with Rome after all and were re-united. I think I posted it. Anyway, the summing up of the whole Purgatory issue was that there would be no argument but that the (Easterners) would trust in the teachings of the Holy Church (Rome). Since then I’ve talked to my fellow Byzantines (I am becoming Byzantine at this point) and they aid that yes, there is a belief in Purgatory among the Byzantines (I assume all Byzantines) - we are from the Ruthenium Tradition. There are two places in the New Testament from the same sermon from Christ upon which we base Purgatory on (the imprisoned debtor) and there are prayers mentioned for the dead in Maccabees.

God bless.

byrdele

p.s. Peace be unto you as well!

Thank you for your comment. Yes, I understand what Christ said, and also what Peter has said in his letter ( 1 Peter 3:19-20 and 1 Peter 4:6 ). These prove the existence of Purgatory ( or a place of waiting, for no one can enter Heaven unless he/she is spotless and clean [pure] ).

Peace unto you, also, and God Bless.

PAX DOMINI

Shalom Aleichem

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[Javl]

As an addenda, here is an FYI:

According to Flavius Josephus, in his writings, the Jews of old ( and perhaps to this day )
believed in Purgatory ( Hades ). In Josephus’s “Discourse To The Greeks Concerning Hades”, as translated by William Whitson, Josephus states the following:

“This region ( Purgatory/Hades ) is alloted as a place of custody for souls, in which angels
are appointed as guardians to them, who distribute to them temporary punishments, agreeable to everyone’s behaviour and manners”…“These are now indeed confined
in Hades ( Purgatory ) , but not in the same place wherein the unjust are confined ( Hell )”.

From the writings of Flavius Josephus.

PAX DOMINI

Shalom Aleichem