Where does Purgatory come from?

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The original understanding comes from pre-Christ Jewdaism:thumbsup:
 
I thought that was one of the fundamental differences between the Pharisees and the Saduccees.

One of them (I believe the Pharisees) believed in the afterlife, while the other (I believe it’s the Saduccees) did not believe it.
 
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Matt. 5:26,18:34; Luke 12:58-59 – Jesus teaches us, “Come to terms with your opponent or you will be handed over to the judge and thrown into prison. You will not get out until you have paid the last penny.” The word “opponent” (antidiko) is likely a reference to the devil (see the same word for devil in 1 Pet. 5:8) who is an accuser against man (c.f. Job 1.6-12; Zech. 3.1; Rev. 12.10), and God is the judge. If we have not adequately dealt with satan and sin in this life, we will be held in a temporary state called a prison, and we won’t get out until we have satisfied our entire debt to God. This “prison” is purgatory where we will not get out until the last penny is paid.
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                 Luke 12:47-48 - when the Master comes (at the end of time), some will receive                      light or heavy beatings but will live. This state is not heaven or hell,                      because in heaven there are no beatings, and in hell we will no longer live                      with the Master.
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Phil. 2:10 - every knee bends to Jesus, in heaven, on earth, and “under the earth” which is the realm of the righteous dead, or purgatory.
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                2 Tim. 1:16-18 - Onesiphorus is dead but Paul asks for mercy on him “on that                      day.” Paul’s use of “that day” demonstrates its eschatological usage (see, for                      example, Rom. 2.5,16; 1 Cor. 1.8; 3.13; 5.5; 2 Cor. 1.14; Phil. 1.6,10; 2.16; 1                      Thess. 5.2,4,5,8; 2 Thess. 2.2,3; 2 Tim. 4.8). Of course, there is no need for                      mercy in heaven, and there is no mercy given in hell. Where is Onesiphorus? He                      is in purgatory.
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For current Jewish teaching see Afterlife . I think that is a reliable [Jewish] Orthodox teaching.
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Forty years I loathed that generation; I said: "This people’s heart goes astray; they do not know my ways."Therefore I swore in my anger: "They shall never enter my rest.
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Where does the Catholic Church get the Dogma of Purgatory?
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The teaching of the Church about purgatory centers around two dogmas: 1) there is a place or status of expiation in the after life called purgatory; 2) the souls detained there can be helpled by the faithful on earth.

1.) No soul with any taint of sin is fit for the presence of God. But since a just man can die with some stain of sin, he must be purified before admission into heaven. Hence there is opportunity of expiation after death. We gather from the Book of Machabees that prayers and sacrifices are helpful to the dead. The existence of purgatory has often been officially asserted to the Church: to the Waldensians (1208), to the Armenians (1341), to the Greeks (1349), by Benedict XII (1336), and the Second Council of Lyons (1274); Luther was condemned for saying that it could not be proved from Scripture, and the Council of Trent incorporated it into its profession of faith.

The departed soul can be defiled by unforgiven venial sin, or by the remains of sin or the inclination to sin caused by past sinning, or by a debt of temporal punishment. The soul is quickly relieved of the first two kinds of defilement. For, according to St. Thomas Aquinas, immediately after its judgment the soul elicits a most fervent and enduring act of the love of God. This intense charity removes from the soul any obstacle to forgiveness, which God readily grants. The remains of sin, which are rooted in the body, disappear once soul and body are separated. The remains of sin, which are rooted in the soul, are purged by the intense charity with which the soul yearns for God. Hence what remains to be done in purgatory is full payment of the penalties due from past sins.

Since the soul has entered the night wherein no man can work, it cannot pay its debt by satisfaction. All that the soul can do to promote its release is to suffer the penalties appointed by the justice of God.

The most grievous pain is separation from God. Drawn to God most vehemently, the soul finds itself shut away from its one true love by its own unworthiness. The only suffering more accute is that of the damned who know their frustration is eternal. That the soul in purgatory suffers other pains, inflicted by God, is also true. Are these caused by fire? The Church has made no pronouncement on the matter, but from the time of St. Augustine the Latin Fathers and great theologians have taught this doctrine. Some interpret this fire as interior sufferings similar to those which the saints and mystics endure on earth. At any rate the sufferings of purgatory are very grievous; but, despite its sufferings, the soul is at peace; it knows that it is saved and is no longer capable of sinning.

2.) Practicallythe same documents which prove the existence of purgatory also show that the suffereings of purgatory are lessened on account of the supplications to the divine clemency made by the Church Militant. A function of the Communion of Saints is the help afforded the suffering souls by the faithful on earth. They do this through works of satisfaction, especially prayers, indulgences, and the Mass. How much penalty is remitted on account of these petitions and how much each soul must suffer is known only to God.

Since all temporal punishment will be expiated by the time of the general judgment, purgatory will then cease.

Pray the morning offering every day for them and especially during the elevation of the chalice during Holy Mass!
 
Tomster said:
The teaching of the Church about purgatory centers around two dogmas: 1) there is a place or status of expiation in the after life called purgatory; 2) the souls detained there can be helpled by the faithful on earth.

1.) No soul with any taint of sin is fit for the presence of God. But since a just man can die with some stain of sin, he must be purified before admission into heaven. Hence there is opportunity of expiation after death. We gather from the Book of Machabees that prayers and sacrifices are helpful to the dead. The existence of purgatory has often been officially asserted to the Church: to the Waldensians (1208), to the Armenians (1341), to the Greeks (1349), by Benedict XII (1336), and the Second Council of Lyons (1274); Luther was condemned for saying that it could not be proved from Scripture, and the Council of Trent incorporated it into its profession of faith.

The departed soul can be defiled by unforgiven venial sin, or by the remains of sin or the inclination to sin caused by past sinning, or by a debt of temporal punishment. The soul is quickly relieved of the first two kinds of defilement. For, according to St. Thomas Aquinas, immediately after its judgment the soul elicits a most fervent and enduring act of the love of God. This intense charity removes from the soul any obstacle to forgiveness, which God readily grants. The remains of sin, which are rooted in the body, disappear once soul and body are separated. The remains of sin, which are rooted in the soul, are purged by the intense charity with which the soul yearns for God. Hence what remains to be done in purgatory is full payment of the penalties due from past sins.

Since the soul has entered the night wherein no man can work, it cannot pay its debt by satisfaction. All that the soul can do to promote its release is to suffer the penalties appointed by the justice of God.

The most grievous pain is separation from God. Drawn to God most vehemently, the soul finds itself shut away from its one true love by its own unworthiness. The only suffering more accute is that of the damned who know their frustration is eternal. That the soul in purgatory suffers other pains, inflicted by God, is also true. Are these caused by fire? The Church has made no pronouncement on the matter, but from the time of St. Augustine the Latin Fathers and great theologians have taught this doctrine. Some interpret this fire as interior sufferings similar to those which the saints and mystics endure on earth. At any rate the sufferings of purgatory are very grievous; but, despite its sufferings, the soul is at peace; it knows that it is saved and is no longer capable of sinning.

2.) Practicallythe same documents which prove the existence of purgatory also show that the suffereings of purgatory are lessened on account of the supplications to the divine clemency made by the Church Militant. A function of the Communion of Saints is the help afforded the suffering souls by the faithful on earth. They do this through works of satisfaction, especially prayers, indulgences, and the Mass. How much penalty is remitted on account of these petitions and how much each soul must suffer is known only to God.

Since all temporal punishment will be expiated by the time of the general judgment, purgatory will then cease.

Pray the morning offering every day for them and especially during the elevation of the chalice during Holy Mass!
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Very helpful,

Thanks,

Steven
 
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