The Church gives the name Purgatory to the final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned.. The Church formulated. her doctrine of faith on Purgatory at the Councils of Florence and Trent.
you are quite right your church formulated its doctrine on the basis of late tradition and the perverted opinions of your magisterium. It is nowhere found in true Scripture.
The tradition of the Church , by reference to certain texts of Scripture, speaks of a cleansing fire.
1 Cor 3:15
1 Cor 3.15 speaks of WORKS being burned up. It does not refer to PEOPLE being purged by fire. How could fire purge people? The idea is ridiculous. But of course your church always loved playing with fire. It gave an excuse for burning godly men whom they didn't like.
the testing by fire here was Christians literally facing burning. The burning would not purge them Their faith was not burned either. Their being burned strengthened their faith and made them strong. It had nothing to do with purging. Do you actually read these Scriptures you post, or does someone just give you a list?
As for certain lesser faults, we must believe that, before the Final Judgement, there is a purifying fire.
Why must we? Fire does not purge human beings, it burns them up. It is the blood of Christ which purifies. And Christ is able to make us holy in the twinkling of an eye (1 Cor 15.52).
He who is truth says that whoever utters blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will be pardoned neither in this age or 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.
We learn nothing of the kind. That is a fallacy. Jesus was just emphasising that there was no way in which blasphemy against the Holy Spirit could be pardoned. He was not defining other kinds of pardon. You must remember that the people He was talking to were in expectancy (quite wrongly) of going into the age to come. He was simply pointing out to them that whatever their future they would not find forgiveness. Any sin that is not forgiven in this life will never be forgiven.
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".
There is in fact no mention of prayer there, and the Book of the Maccabees contains many historical errors and is not Scripture. But even so all that tells us is that Judas Maccabeus was in error. It does not claim that God approved of his action. He offered the sacrifices in hope because there was nothing else that he could do. But he was neither a priest or a prophet. He could not declare God's will. You Roman Catholics cling desperately to straws.
In the time of Elijah Scripture says that the priests of Baal offered sacrifices to Baal. Does that make them scriptural.
From the beginning the church has honored the memory of the dead and offered in suffrage for them.
No doubt you will give us evidence of this? It is in fact a lie. There is NOTHING of this in Scripture. It is just flowery words. But I don't suppose that bothers you.