If anybody out there has this talk all ready, my wife sure would appreciate it.
Ministry School #2 On What is the Teaching of Purgatory Based?
by wannabefree 6 Replies latest jw friends
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breakfast of champions
Don't have the talk, but check out the "Theocratic Ministry School" Facebook page - WEIRD!!!!
Wonder if its authorized. . . . .
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PSacramento
An FYI as to what the RCC actually says about it:
III. THE FINAL PURIFICATION, OR PURGATORY
1030 All who die in God's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven.
1031 The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned. 606 The Church formulated her doctrine of faith on Purgatory especially at the Councils of Florence and Trent. The tradition of the Church, by reference to certain texts of Scripture, speaks of a cleansing fire: 607
- As for certain lesser faults, we must believe that, before the Final Judgment, there is a purifying fire. He who is truth says that whoever utters blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will be pardoned neither in this age nor in the age to come. From this sentence we understand that certain offenses can be forgiven in this age, but certain others in the age to come. 608
1032 This teaching is also based on the practice of prayer for the dead, already mentioned in Sacred Scripture: "Therefore [Judas Maccabeus] made atonement for the dead, that they might be delivered from their sin." 609 From the beginning the Church has honored the memory of the dead and offered prayers in suffrage for them, above all the Eucharistic sacrifice, so that, thus purified, they may attain the beatific vision of God. 610 The Church also commends almsgiving, indulgences, and works of penance undertaken on behalf of the dead:
- Let us help and commemorate them. If Job's sons were purified by their father's sacrifice, why would we doubt that our offerings for the dead bring them some consolation? Let us not hesitate to help those who have died and to offer our prayers for them. 611
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AnnOMaly
"Theocratic Ministry School" Facebook page - WEIRD!!!!
Which one? The one that classes itself as a "University" or one of the other ones?
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breakfast of champions
This is the one I stumbled on: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Theocratic-Ministry-School/342872142400422
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sir82
It's based on extra-Biblical religious authority.
JWs never do that of course. All of their teachings and practices are Bible-based, and they never go beyond the things written.
Such as their teachings on blood fractions and components...no wait, scratch that...
Such as their policy of 3-man judicial committees and the imposition of restrictions when one is reinstated...no hold on....
Such as their requirement that field service reports be written out and turned in....ummmf, wait a sec....
Such as their teaching that no one is "qualified" for baptism unless they can answer 100 or so questions....aw nuts.....
Such as...such as....such as.....
It's Catholic, and Catholics are bad! That's all you need to know.
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cofty
Purgatory was based on a need to extort money from grieving relatives.
"As soon as a coin in the coffer rings / the soul from purgatory springs" - John Tetzel
It provided the spark for Luther's challenge to the RCC and the reformation.
This was built by terrifying vulnerable people with horror stories about purgatory...
