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This brings us logically to the doctrine of Purgatory, one of confusion and doubt to many Catholics today, especially those of us in the charismatic experience. ... Why wouldnt He just bring us to salvation and then let us alone to enjoy ourselves, waiting to mature us at the moment of death? ... Purgatory does not need to be looked on as a time of punishment any more then the purification experiences of this life are to be seen as punishment.
The Church tells us little about Purgatory, except, that it is a state of passive purification for those who are saved by the Mood of Jesus but are not yet fully matured at the time of death. ... References to time periods are not necessarily valid if taken literally, since time as: we understand it probably does not exist in Purgatory. ... He is our salvation, when we appropriate the redemption to ourself.
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