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dbacks5439
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Hi. I was wondering if those who died for the faith are excused from purgatory or do they have to go through it like everyone else?
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BrooklynBoy200
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I don’t think they have to, but i have no proof to base that on.
Google doesn’t have anything anyway.
I’ll check the CCC and see if that has anything.
Being a martyr usually excuses you from some things like that though. I believe martyrs don’t have to preform miracles in order to be cannonized or something of the like.
Google doesn’t have anything anyway.
I’ll check the CCC and see if that has anything.
Being a martyr usually excuses you from some things like that though. I believe martyrs don’t have to preform miracles in order to be cannonized or something of the like.
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JMJ_coder
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Hello,
2473 Martyrdom is the supreme witness given to the truth of the faith: it means bearing witness even unto death. the martyr bears witness to Christ who died and rose, to whom he is united by charity. He bears witness to the truth of the faith and of Christian doctrine. He endures death through an act of fortitude. “Let me become the food of the beasts, through whom it will be given me to reach God.”(St. Ignatius of Antioch, Ad Rom. 4, 1 SCh 10, 110.)
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1434 The interior penance of the Christian can be expressed in many and various ways. Scripture and the Fathers insist above all on three forms, fasting, prayer, and almsgiving,(Cf. ⇒ Tob 12:8; ⇒ Mt 6:1-18.) which express conversion in relation to oneself, to God, and to others. **Alongside the radical purification brought about by Baptism or martyrdom **they cite as means of obtaining forgiveness of sins: effort at reconciliation with one’s neighbor, tears of repentance, concern for the salvation of one’s neighbor, the intercession of the saints, and the practice of charity “which covers a multitude of sins.”(⇒ 1 Pet 4:8; Cf. ⇒ Jas 5:20.)
Given this teaching, especially that martyrdom is an extreme purification like baptism, I would say that martyrs are not excused from Purgatory, but that there act of martyrdom completely purifies them so that they may immediately partake of Heaven.
The Catechism teaches that:Hi. I was wondering if those who died for the faith are excused from purgatory or do they have to go through it like everyone else?
2473 Martyrdom is the supreme witness given to the truth of the faith: it means bearing witness even unto death. the martyr bears witness to Christ who died and rose, to whom he is united by charity. He bears witness to the truth of the faith and of Christian doctrine. He endures death through an act of fortitude. “Let me become the food of the beasts, through whom it will be given me to reach God.”(St. Ignatius of Antioch, Ad Rom. 4, 1 SCh 10, 110.)
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1434 The interior penance of the Christian can be expressed in many and various ways. Scripture and the Fathers insist above all on three forms, fasting, prayer, and almsgiving,(Cf. ⇒ Tob 12:8; ⇒ Mt 6:1-18.) which express conversion in relation to oneself, to God, and to others. **Alongside the radical purification brought about by Baptism or martyrdom **they cite as means of obtaining forgiveness of sins: effort at reconciliation with one’s neighbor, tears of repentance, concern for the salvation of one’s neighbor, the intercession of the saints, and the practice of charity “which covers a multitude of sins.”(⇒ 1 Pet 4:8; Cf. ⇒ Jas 5:20.)
Given this teaching, especially that martyrdom is an extreme purification like baptism, I would say that martyrs are not excused from Purgatory, but that there act of martyrdom completely purifies them so that they may immediately partake of Heaven.
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Andruschak
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Well, I suppose that would depend on how much temporal punishment in purgatory they would have had to do, balanced by whatever indulgences they get from their martyrdom. If the act of martyrdom earned them a plenary indulgence, they would bypass purgatory.Hi. I was wondering if those who died for the faith are excused from purgatory or do they have to go through it like everyone else?
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Mintaka
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It’s always been generally accepted that martyrdom pays for all. For the unbaptized, it’s the “baptism in blood”. For the baptized, it is the door to Heaven. Martyrs are blessed and broken, and so martyrdom was compared by the early Christians to the Eucharist. Martyrdom transformed you.
In fact, many Christians asked martyrs-to-be to remember their intentions when they came before the Lord; and the bones or other fragments of the martyrs were holy, and kept under the altars. This was true even of notorious public sinners and lapsed Christians who suddenly felt called to martyrdom. Martyrdom was sainthood – and the ultimate imitation of Christ.
So being a martyr is no easy road, but it comes with one major consolation: “This day you will be with Me in Paradise.”
In fact, many Christians asked martyrs-to-be to remember their intentions when they came before the Lord; and the bones or other fragments of the martyrs were holy, and kept under the altars. This was true even of notorious public sinners and lapsed Christians who suddenly felt called to martyrdom. Martyrdom was sainthood – and the ultimate imitation of Christ.
So being a martyr is no easy road, but it comes with one major consolation: “This day you will be with Me in Paradise.”
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The_Confused_1
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What about dying for someone, say… like taking a bullet for someone or something of that nature? Is that also like martyrdom?Hello,
The Catechism teaches that:
2473 Martyrdom is the supreme witness given to the truth of the faith: it means bearing witness even unto death. the martyr bears witness to Christ who died and rose, to whom he is united by charity. He bears witness to the truth of the faith and of Christian doctrine. He endures death through an act of fortitude. “Let me become the food of the beasts, through whom it will be given me to reach God.”(St. Ignatius of Antioch, Ad Rom. 4, 1 SCh 10, 110.)
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1434 The interior penance of the Christian can be expressed in many and various ways. Scripture and the Fathers insist above all on three forms, fasting, prayer, and almsgiving,(Cf. ⇒ Tob 12:8; ⇒ Mt 6:1-18.) which express conversion in relation to oneself, to God, and to others. **Alongside the radical purification brought about by Baptism or martyrdom **they cite as means of obtaining forgiveness of sins: effort at reconciliation with one’s neighbor, tears of repentance, concern for the salvation of one’s neighbor, the intercession of the saints, and the practice of charity “which covers a multitude of sins.”(⇒ 1 Pet 4:8; Cf. ⇒ Jas 5:20.)
Given this teaching, especially that martyrdom is an extreme purification like baptism, I would say that martyrs are not excused from Purgatory, but that there act of martyrdom completely purifies them so that they may immediately partake of Heaven.
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AngelRose81
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Someone in our RCIA said that martyrs go directly to heaven. She said that’s what the Church teaches. She’s pretty knowledgable in Church teachings but I haven’t looked it up to double check. I wouldn’t see why they wouldn’t go straight to heaven. They died for their faith and that is something that a lot of people would not want to do but they were strong enough and loved God enough to do that.
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