Re: Purgatory?

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 18:10:18 -0500, "Pope Watson The 1st     :+D"
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:

>On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 19:47:44 GMT, Alberich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>the following funny stuff in Usenet News'Froups! :
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>>>The Lord will be worshiped in Heaven, nonetheless. Why do you think
>>>there would be no REAL Church there?
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>>Just my own thoughts on the matter, but if the purpose of a
>>church--any church--is to bring us closer to God, then what's the use
>>in Heaven when we are eternally *with* God?
>>
>>Alberich
>
>Considering the occupants of Heaven will be praising the Lord
>continually, it makes all the more sense to me that there will be HIS
>CHURCH in Heaven. HIS Church has no imperfections, no false
>teachings..... no lies, no deceptions...
>
>In Heaven all things are perfect.
>
>We're all just going through some fancy motions here! In Heaven, the
>TRUE CHURCH will be revealed, IMHO.

Yes, in Heaven, as Teresita pointed out, is Church Triumphant. Here,
is Church Militant. But both are part of One Church. Now of course,
since this is after all a thread about Purgatory, it only makes sense
here to point out the existence of the third part of the Church --
Church Suffering. Church Triumphant, Church Militant, and Church
Suffering, make up the whole Church. Thus, "every knee shall bend and
every tongue shall praise him, whether in Heaven, on Earth, or under
the Earth."