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==Origin==

==Origin==

[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French purgatorie, from Medieval Latin purgatorium, from Late Latin, neuter of purgatorius purging, from [[Latin]] purgare. (chiefly Anglo-Norman) purgatorie (French purgatoire) place of temporary [[suffering]] for the [[souls]] of the [[dead]] (c1190; the fig. use in sense 2 is apparently not [[paralleled]] in French until later (late 16th cent.)) and its etymon post-classical Latin purgatorium purgative substance (end of the 4th cent.), [[spiritual]] purification, expiation (5th cent. in Augustine; c1180, 1562 in British sources), place of temporary suffering for the souls of the dead (frequently from 12th cent. in British and continental sources), sewer (c1507 in a British source), use as noun of neuter of purgatorius

[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French purgatorie, from Medieval Latin purgatorium, from Late Latin, neuter of purgatorius purging, from [[Latin]] purgare. (chiefly Anglo-Norman) purgatorie (French purgatoire) place of temporary [[suffering]] for the [[souls]] of the [[dead]] (c1190; the fig. use in sense 2 is apparently not [[paralleled]] in French until later (late 16th cent.)) and its etymon post-classical Latin purgatorium purgative substance (end of the 4th cent.), [[spiritual]] purification, expiation (5th cent. in Augustine; c1180, 1562 in British sources), place of temporary suffering for the souls of the dead (frequently from 12th cent. in British and continental sources), sewer (c1507 in a British source), use as noun of neuter of purgatorius

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_century 13th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: an intermediate [[state]] after [[death]] for expiatory purification; specifically : a place or [[state]] of [[punishment]] wherein according to Roman Catholic [[doctrine]] the souls of those who die in [[God]]'s [[grace]] may make satisfaction for past sins and so become fit for [[heaven]]

*1: an intermediate [[state]] after [[death]] for expiatory purification; specifically : a place or [[state]] of [[punishment]] wherein according to Roman Catholic [[doctrine]] the souls of those who die in [[God]]'s [[grace]] may make satisfaction for past sins and so become fit for [[heaven]]

*2: a place or state of temporary [[suffering]] or misery  

*2: a place or state of temporary [[suffering]] or misery  

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==Description==

==Description==

'''Purgatory''' is the condition or [[process]] of [[purification]] or temporary punishment in which, it is believed, the [[souls]] of those who die in a state of [[grace]] are made ready for [[Heaven]]. This is a [[theological]] [[idea]] that has ancient [[roots]] and is well-attested in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christian early Christian] literature, while the [[poetic]] conception of purgatory as a geographically situated place is largely the [[creation]] of medieval Christian [[piety]] and imagination.

'''Purgatory''' is the condition or [[process]] of [[purification]] or temporary punishment in which, it is believed, the [[souls]] of those who die in a state of [[grace]] are made ready for [[Heaven]]. This is a [[theological]] [[idea]] that has ancient [[roots]] and is well-attested in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Christian early Christian] literature, while the [[poetic]] conception of purgatory as a geographically situated place is largely the [[creation]] of medieval Christian [[piety]] and imagination.

The notion of purgatory is associated particularly with the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Rite Latin Rite] of the Catholic Church (in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches Eastern sui juris] churches or rites it is a [[doctrine]], though often without using the name "Purgatory"); Anglicans of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Catholic Anglo-Catholic] tradition generally also hold to the [[belief]]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley John Wesley], the founder of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodism Methodism], believed in an intermediate state between [[death]] and the final [[judgment]] and in the possibility of "continuing to [[grow]] in [[holiness]] there", but Methodism does not officially affirm this [[belief]] and denies the possibility of helping by [[prayer]] any who may be in that state. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church Eastern Orthodox Churches] believe in the [[possibility]] of a [[change]] of situation for the [[souls]] of the dead through the [[prayers]] of the living and the offering of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Liturgy Divine Liturgy], and many Orthodox, especially among [[ascetics]], [[hope]] and [[pray]] for a general [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocatastasis apocatastasis]. A similar [[belief]] in at least the [[possibility]] of a final [[salvation]] for all is held by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism Mormonism]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism Judaism] also believes in the possibility of after-[[death]] purification and may even use the word "purgatory" to present its [[understanding]] of the [[meaning]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehenna Gehenna]. However, the [[concept]] of [[soul]] "purification" may be explicitly denied in these other [[faith]] traditions.

The notion of purgatory is associated particularly with the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Rite Latin Rite] of the Catholic Church (in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Catholic_Churches Eastern sui juris] churches or rites it is a [[doctrine]], though often without using the name "Purgatory"); Anglicans of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Catholic Anglo-Catholic] tradition generally also hold to the [[belief]]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley John Wesley], the founder of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodism Methodism], believed in an intermediate state between [[death]] and the final [[judgment]] and in the possibility of "continuing to [[grow]] in [[holiness]] there", but Methodism does not officially affirm this [[belief]] and denies the possibility of helping by [[prayer]] any who may be in that state. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church Eastern Orthodox Churches] believe in the [[possibility]] of a [[change]] of situation for the [[souls]] of the dead through the [[prayers]] of the living and the offering of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divine_Liturgy Divine Liturgy], and many Orthodox, especially among [[ascetics]], [[hope]] and [[pray]] for a general [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocatastasis apocatastasis]. A similar [[belief]] in at least the [[possibility]] of a final [[salvation]] for all is held by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism Mormonism]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism Judaism] also believes in the possibility of after-[[death]] purification and may even use the word "purgatory" to present its [[understanding]] of the [[meaning]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehenna Gehenna]. However, the [[concept]] of [[soul]] "purification" may be explicitly denied in these other [[faith]] traditions.

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[[Mansion Worlds]]'''''

*'''''[[Mansion Worlds]]'''''

[[Category: Religion]]

[[Category: Religion]]