[Luircin]

So in other words, you’re reading Purgatory back into the text because you really want it to be true.

I’ll take the word of the Apostles themselves instead of a 21st century poster on FR.

[daniel1212]

So in other words, you’re reading Purgatory back into the text because you really want it to be true.

Actually they indeed must read Purgatory back into the text because you really want Scripture to teach it to be true, while if it were not for those pesky "chapter and verse" evangelicals then just the word of Rome would suffice, since that is to be the basis for assurance of RC teaching for the faithful, and not their judgment of what a text says (in which they often go beyond what their church defines as binding belief).

[Solson]

Where did the words of the apostles come from?

[Mom MD]

So 400 years later someone twists the texts to come up with the doctrine of purgatory? No thanks. Anyway this pope missed the boat. There is no mention of praying to Mary to get one out of the nonexistent purgatory... so he can’t be Roman Catholic anyway.....