Jerusalem Bible Notes for 1 Cor 3:10-15 and purgatory

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The note for verse 15 is as follows:

“This is not a direct reference to purgatory but several Doctors of the Church have taken it as a basis for that doctrine.”

Why would a CATHOLIC bible with an Imprimatur, etc. have a statement like this that is contradictory, as clearly stated, to teachings of the Church and its Doctors??

Now I consider the JB to be pretty decent as far as notes go…much more conservative than the NJB…so this kind of surprises me. I find it to be quite a bold statement considering that this verse is key relative to that doctrine.

Now for comparison purposes the Confraternity Bible states this:
ver 15–the teaching of this verse implies the teaching of Christian tradition on purgatory…

Quite different…I guess the liberal thinking of the 60’s truly did infiltrate everything, including Scripture.
 
In honesty it isn’t a direct reference.As there are no direct references to the Trinity but both are implied by various scriptures.Tradition put meat on those bones.We have Scripture,Tradition and the Magisterium to support these doctrines-we don’t just rely on a verse or two.
I has nothing to do with “liberal” biblical scholarship-it is what it is.
 
Here is a small part of what the ‘Navarre Bible’ has in their commentary; ‘We cannot be sure that St. Paul is here referring to purgatory; but it is quite in order to interpet “he will be saved, but only through fire” in that sense. Catholic teaching on puratory is based on many passages of the Bible (2 Mac 12:39-46; Mt 12:31-32; 5:25-26; 1 Cor 15:29; etc.) and on the uninterrupted tradition of the prayer of the dead… Many Church Fathers, particularly St. Augustine on, have connected this verse with purgatory…’
 
The ‘New Collegeville Bible Commentary’ doesn’t even mention purgatory in its commentary on verses 10-15. Here again is a part of that commentary (centering on verse 15); ’ Paul directs this warning not to Apollos and himself but to the Corinthians. They can build on the foundation with precious stones, or with perishable materials such as wood and hay, by which Paul means the fleeting and fatuous stuff of human wisdom, The latter will not stand the fire test, that is, the day of judgment, when retribution or salvation will be awarded in light of one’s work.’
 
This must be one of the reasons people do not remember the 60’s
 
The principle of the Trininty is much more implicit, as well as evident, in Scripture, whereas the concept of Purgatory is vague and open to interpretation of “men”…I think this is why many have a difficult time believing in it…and study notes such as that which I referred to in this post do not help one believe.
 
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