Heaven is described as the holiest place ever, only accessible by people who died and lived by various standards of divinity,goodness,virtue, piety, and other good things.
Hell is an afterlife of suffering where the wicked or unrighteous dead are punished for an eternity in fire.
Purgatory or "the final purification of the elect", is the process by which, according to Catholic doctrine, "all who die in God's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven."
The process of purification is also described as "temporal punishment for those who, departing this life in God's grace, are not entirely free from venial faults, or have not fully paid the satisfaction due to their transgressions."
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NIce john, im liking the description of all 3 after lives. i also enjoy how u described the qualifications of how to get to all 3. nice blog overall
I've never been quite clear on Purgatory and while this post cleared some things up for me--I'm still a little confused. What exactly does this 'purification' they have to undergo to reach Heaven consist of?
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