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Present with the Lord in Purgatory?
Over at Catholic Convert, pilgrimage peddler Steve Ray has a post arguing that a certain frequently cited Scripture does not dictate against Purgatory, that other Scripture does teach Purgatory, and that Purgatory involves being in the presence of the Lord (link to post). In the following analysis, we’ll consider his arguments piece by piece: I…
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Estius on 1 Corinthians 3:11-15
William Forbes relates for us the inconsistent comments of Estius on 1 Corinthians 3:11-15: But before we leave this subject, let us quote a few sentences from Estius concerning that most celebrated passage, and “on which the fate of purgatory (so to speak) depends” [FN: Andrews Response to Cardinal Bellarmine Apologian, Chapter 8, page 208]…
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New American Bible on 1 Corinthians 3:11-15
The text of 1 Cor 3:15 has sometimes been used to support the notion of purgatory, though it does not envisage this. – New American Bible, 1 Corinthians 3, Footnote 8, at 1 Corinthians 3:11-15, Vatican’s On-Line Edition (link)(same note at USCCB site) The New American Bible is a Roman Catholic translation, published under the…
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Navarre Bible on 1 Corinthians 3:11-15
We cannot be sure that St Paul is here referring to purgatory; but it is quite in order to interpret “he will be saved, but only as through fire” in that sense. – Navarre Bible, Saint Paul’s letters to the Corinthians, p. 47 (2005) The Navarre Bible is a production of Opus Dei and features…
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Bellarmine on 1 Corinthians 3:11-15
The following are some thoughts of Robert Francis Romulus Bellarmine (Robert Bellarmine was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1930, and declared a Doctor of the Universal Church in 1931.) on 1 Corinthians 3:11-15. I don’t present this as though it is the only thing that Roman Catholics have ever said about this, nor as…