What About Purgatory?

8. What About Purgatory?

There is no such place at all! It was instituted by the Roman Catholic Church in 593 A.D. and is used as a gimmick to obtain money. Purgatory cannot be found anywhere, including the Roman Catholic Bible. Let their own words speak for themselves:

"Those are punished for a time in purgatory, who die in the state of grace but are guilty of venial sin, or have not fully satisfied the temporal punishment due to their sins. There is need for persevering prayer for the repose of the souls of all those who die after reaching the use of reason, except those who are canonized or beatified by the church (Roman Catholic)." (Father Connell's New Baltimore Catechism #3, PP. 105, 106). "The prayers of the faithful on earth and Masses here celebrated assist the progress of the soul through the pains of purgatory." (Collier Encylopedia, Volume 8, PP. 314)”

Even though not admitted, almost all the Catholics I have asked, verify the fact that money is expected to be given to the church for the prayers of the priest and the Masses performed. The Word of God refutes this whole scheme in Psalms 49:6-7 :

"They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him.”