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17-12-2007, 09:48 AM
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Dear John,
The simple answer is that the readings are partial and misunderstood. The concept of Purgatory is typically Western and rational, whereas the writings of the Fathers from the East are poetic, trying to depict something in an imaginative way. 'Fire', 'burning', 'cleansing' can only be conceived of as process in time by the human mind but, as I have stated before, the very idea of time is strictly limited to earthly life. The basic flaw in the Roman Catholic concept of purgatory is that it ignores the essential understanding of God as being Merciful. Repentance leads to forgiveness, not in the human understanding of 'paying your debt to society', but as an immediate gift. Kirk Yacoub |
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