tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36600434.post1882437374893589877..comments2023-06-02T07:04:15.572-07:00Comments on Diakonia - Deacon Pat Kearns: Where is Purgatory in the Bible?Deacon Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17800236407881741454noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36600434.post-8586141462146682902011-04-02T03:13:17.385-07:002011-04-02T03:13:17.385-07:00The doctrine of purgatory, or the final purificati...The doctrine of <b>purgatory,</b> or the final purification, has been part of the true faith since before the time of Christ. The Jews already believed it before the coming of the Messiah, as revealed in the Old Testament (2 Maccabees 12:41–45) as well as in other pre-Christian Jewish works, such as one which records that Adam will be in mourning "until the day of dispensing punishment in the last years, when I will turn his sorrow into joy" (The Life of Adam and Eve 46–7). Orthodox Jews to this day believe in the final purification, and for eleven months after the death of a loved one, they pray a prayer called the Mourner’s Kaddish for their loved one’s purification. <br /><br />Jews, Catholics, and the Eastern Orthodox have always historically proclaimed the reality of the final purification. It was not until the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century that anyone denied this doctrine. As the quotes below from the early Church Fathers show, purgatory has been part of the Christian faith from the very beginning.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940745178193985942noreply@blogger.com