christian faith
By vanilla08
@vanilla08 (15)
Philippines
December 22, 2010 4:14am CST
my teacher in religion give us an assignment, what is purgatory? its easy for me to find the answer in google or other search engine, if purgatory exist how come it was not mention or written in the bible? or maybe i just dont know because i dont read bible that much.. please help.
(i hate doing my assignment when its vacation T_T, my teacher is killed joy ^,...,^ )
1 response
@babyimp (151)
• Estonia
22 Dec 10
Hi,
I think I can help you a little. I recently read in a book that it's true, the Bibble doesn't mention purgatory at all. Conseption purgatory comes from Dante Alighieri's Inferno, and from that work comes the idea that's where people's souls who hadn't been 'good' suffer.
Hope you found this little tidbit helpful.
@vanilla08 (15)
• Philippines
23 Dec 10
thank you ^_^ but now im confused, if it is not mention in bible why do people believe in purgatory?... thank you again, it help ^_^
@babyimp (151)
• Estonia
23 Dec 10
Oh lol I forgot to mention it. Dante's Inferno was written in Middle Ages and that happened to be time when Church had major political and religious power in Europe. The Church wanted more power and I guess it liked the idea of using Dante's Inferno theme to scare people into being good Christians. Sort of like the Spanish Inquisition, if people aren't 'good' by their free will, you can always force them to be and I'm sorry to say but people in Middle Ages truly were so uneducated to believe in what the Church said, because Church was the only thing then that could teach the poorer layers of populace.
Why people still believe (at least people brought up with Christian faith) is still the same, they are thought that way, only now 'purgatory' is displaced with 'hell'.
(People ask before they die, "Will I go to hell?"). Of course the importance of the Catholic Church has lessened, but it still holds a roll in people's lives so the consept of purgatory lives on too.
