Does Purgatory exist, or is it just a fabricated place? Roman Catholics are taught that Purgatory exists. They believe that it is taught in the Apocryphal (2Macabees 12:43-46). The Catholic Church ...

Psalm 66:12 (RSV) Thou didst let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet thou hast brought us forth to a spacious place. This verse was considered a proof of purgatory by ...

Carl Trueman accuses Joseph Bottum of arguing that purgatory must be true because the thought of it makes our lives happier and more hopeful (Letters, Nov. 11). That would be a fallacy, but Mr. Bottum ...

I've often used what I call the “nutshell” argument for purgatory: we must be without sin to enter into God's presence (Eph 5:5; Heb 12:14; Rev 21:27; 22:3, 14-15). Therefore, God must purge or wash ...