Purgatory and the thief on the cross?

[Philthy]

Philthy,

I asked how does it square, I never said I believed I didn’t - if you read some of my other posts in this thread you would see that I am converting to Catholicism from Protestantism because I believe it to be true. I am trying to make sense of doctrines that are foreign to me but that I believe to be true (e.g. Purgatory). My original post was not a challenge, but it appears you have reframed it to make it seem to be one. Not my intent.

I’m sorry if I misspoke - that was not my intent. I hope the information I provided still helped you to “make sense” of what is described in Scripture regarding the thief and Catholic theology. As I said, it makes perfect sense from the Baptismal perspective of his having been baptized (baptism of desire) on the cross; and it also makes sense from the Purgatory perspective where, after confessing his sin to Jesus he united his suffering with Christs.
I hope that helps!

Blessings

 

[Aloysium]

Jesus told the thief he would be with Him - if I were with Jesus, I would be in paradise, whatever/wherever/whenever that is