Re: Purgatory?

On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:34:38 -0500, "Pope Watson 1st ;O) "
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:

>On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 15:14:12 -0500, Joseph Geloso
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the following funny stuff in Usenet
>News'Froups! :
>
>>There is even a plenary indulgence attached to reading the Sacred
>>Scriptures for one-half hour. Since we're on the subject of Purgatory,
>>the subject of indulgences comes right into play. The ordinary
>>conditions for receiving a plenary indulgence are, the state of
>>Sanctifying Grace, the work prescribed, prayer for the intentiions of
>>the Holy Father, the Sacrament of Confession, and the worthy reception
>>of Holy Communion. The effect of the plenary indulgence is the entire
>>remission of all temporal punishment due for sin. That means, yes,
>>that a plenary indulgence gets you out of Purgatory entirely. And one
>>of the works so indulgenced is the devout reading, for at least
>>one-half hour, of the Sacred Scriptures.
>
>Indulgences, just like the fable your denomination calls
>'transubstantiaiton' ---are useless. Its doctrine is manmade, not at
>ALL biblically-supported, and they will never remove sin from you, or
>get you out of that imaginary place you call 'purgatory'.
>
>Purgatory is also not biblical. 

http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ300.HTM

All the main ideas upon which an indulgence is based are found in the
Bible: the Church's power to bind and loose, vicarious atonement among
members of the Church, and penance. Although the doctrine has
developed, like all others, it is not unbiblical in the least. In
fact, St. Paul himself issued an indulgence by lessening the temporal
penance for sin of a straying brother (2 Cor 2:6-11), which he had
previously imposed on him (1 Cor 5:3-5). The Catholic Church adds no
more in essence to the practices and theological presuppositions of
these two passages.

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