The reason for bringing this up is to lay the basic premise for Purgatory. In Heaven, we will be perfected and without any attachment to sin: "Nothing impure will enter it [Heaven]." (Revelations ...

1 Peter 1:7 Another commonly misunderstood teaching of the Church concerns Purgatory. Purgatory is not a second-chance for damned souls to repent. Instead it is a state of cleansing and ...

The Roman Catholic Church teaches that after death there is a state of Purgatory. This is a place where some people who have sinned are purified in a cleansing fire, after which they are accepted ...