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Originally Posted by JoshBB
Sorry, but what's purgatory? I'm not familiar with the concept completely.
Is it like Hell but it only lasts a certain amount of time? or literally an in-between before heaven/hell?
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It's an inbetween (not as bad as hell but pretty horrible) where you are purified of your sins before entering heaven. It's a Catholic idea but its controversial because its never actually mentioned in the Bible and its one of the main things Protestant reformers attacked about the Church: they saw it mainly as a way to make money because people would try and reduce the time they have to spend in purgatory by donations etc.