Well, I believe what is written. What we can read there, that there is a gulf in heaven. On one side, are those that are with God, and the other are those that are not with God.
So there is a holding place. And it takes a study into the Bible and the Greek and Hebrew to be sure.
It should not be about this church or that church. But what is Written ... Don't allow personal opinions and people, get in the way, of what is actually written.
actually purgatory is a twist in the king james Bible
done on purpose by king james
, King James VI and I convened the Hampton Court Conference where a new English version was conceived in response to the perceived problems of the earlier translations as preached by the Puritans,a faction within the Church of England.
James gave the translators instructions intended to guarantee that the new version would conform to the ecclesiologyand reflect the episcopal structure of the Church of England and its belief in an ordained clergy.The translation was done by 47 scholars, all of whom were members of the Church of England
in other words he WATERED IT DOWN to reflect more thier teachings on ever burnig hell, once c=saved always savedm and predestination that the church had difficulty supporting against the puritans!
they chose many owrds to embelish greek mythology
where it says their smoke rises up FORVER AND EVER!
that is a king james add on
loking it up it means
they SMOKE until they are all burned up.
same word is used in SODOM AND GOMORRHA story, and they arent smoking today either.