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[QUOTE]Originally posted by HMS White Star: [QB] Well first anyone who will get into heaven is a saint (actually the technical defination for a saint in the Catholic Church is anyone in heaven). Is Purgatory bad, well it depends on what you compare it to, is it bad compared to hell, No because even wit the purifing fires surrounding you, you know I fact that you will be in heaven, period, no exceptions. Compared to heaven, it sucks because you don't get to see the face of God, which puts you in eternal happyness, the closest thing to purgatory, would anywhere else would be a normal life on earth, with the exception, that you aren't going to die again (cuz your already dead, and you have are going to heaven eternally, which is no big deal since you have all the time in the world). Anyway knowing that you are going to heaven is the big advantage there, the only trouble is you can't wait until you get there. Well on indulegences the Catholic Church gives indulegences for doing certain actions, while you don't get anything on paper it is still an indulgence, example is Praying certain prayers at certain times, wearing certain objects, or going to certain places (the encyclopedia was a vague about that, and frankly I have forgetten that part) Anyone who isn't in mortal sin, who is alive can get an indulgence. Cool I just found out what indulgences do (from the online version of the Catholic Encyclopedia)... In the Sacrament of Baptism not only is the guilt of sin remitted, but also all the penalties attached to sin. In the Sacrament of Penance the guilt of sin is removed, and with it the eternal punishment due to mortal sin; but there still remains the temporal punishment required by Divine justice, and this requirement must be fulfilled either in the present life or in the world to come, i.e., in Purgatory (q.v.). An indulgence offers the penitent sinner the means of discharging this debt during his life on earth. Btw this is about the limit of my knowledge, I have do remember this information but I referring heavily back to the Catholic Encyclopedia to remind me) btw here is the articles URL [URL=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07783a.htm]http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07783a.htm[/URL] and here is the URL of the Catholic Encyclopedia, [URL=http://www.knight.org/advent/cathen/]http://www.knight.org/advent/cathen/[/URL] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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