Is there a purgatory?

Pretty much straightforward, direct and biblically supported. So if purgatory is not found in the bible, is it the only thing that is not biblical among the many other doctrines or teachings?

Thanks for the info. That was indeed a lot. I just hope people will be enlightened and find the truth that Jesus Christ is the only way and nothing more. It's quite sad though that even in the obvious state of this doctrines to be paganistic in nature and biblically unfounded, they still remain and actually hold many people captive to it.

Frankly, I was more enlightened when I became Catholic than I ever was when I was Methodist. :D

I thought so too. I wonder where the catholic church got this doctrine?

Have any of you bothered to actually buy a Catholic apologetics book and actually do some in-depth study on the teachings of the Church? I'd venture to say most of you have not, as per your replies to this topic. I ask you, that before you go jumping madly up and down and branding the Catholic Church as the you-know-what of Babylon (an accusation so old and unfounded that it's laughable), that you grab as many Catholic apologetics books as you can--read your Aquinas, read up on St. John of the Cross...read up on the saints, a lot of whom were converts to the Church--Edith Stein comes to mind...she was originally a Jew! I pose this question to you all. You're so against the oral teachings of the Church; how, then, did Scripture get passed down from generation to generation before the printing press came along? It's Tradition, not tradition, and yes, there is a difference. Read the apologetics for yourself. You might learn something that you hadn't known before.

Hi zedlav, I am not condemning the Catholic or any other church, I just stated that there is nothing in the Bible about purgatory or staying in limbo. Other denominations also have teachings that aren't Biblical. I have many good friends who are Catholic. Blessings.