Biblical Basis for Purgatory [Paperback]

John Salza (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 30, 2009

Jesus taught us about it, and for centuries the Church has faithfully defined and defended it. Protestants deny it even exists, while many Catholics fundamentally misunderstand it. It is Purgatory: that place of purifying penance where souls saved by Christ are made perfect and acceptable to spend life eternal in heaven. In The Biblical Basis for Purgatory, author and apologist John Salza (Why Catholics Cannot Be Masons) offers the definitive scriptural explanation of this distinctively Catholic doctrine. Building on the teachings of Christ and St. Paul, he shows how the existence of a place of temporal punishment after death is not only a logical extension of what we know about the reality of sin and God's justice, but is also a supreme expression of God's love and mercy. Although Purgatory is a place of mercy, its pains are real, and they are severe. This book does more than defend and explain Purgatory it provides a solid plan, drawn from the Church s perennial wisdom for conquering our sins by God s grace, while still on earth.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Saint Benedict Press / TAN Books (November 30, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1935302175
• ISBN-13: 978-1935302179
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #321,440 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bibical basis for purgatory, March 13, 2010

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For someone that keeps looking for new books on purgatory let me say. i am well pleased with this book. it has good infornation for those who desire to know what purgatory is all about.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT BUY IT, September 30, 2010

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Purgatory is real.

Buy this book and

1) Wake up.

2) Knock off centuries of time you would have otherwise been burned and tormented there.

3) It is scriptural

4) A must read for every human being. (most people will sadly go to hell, and of the few who go to heaven, most go to Purgatory first).

5) For all of those who wondered where God's justice, and mercy meet, it is here: PURGATORY!



pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease buy this book, you will have the opportunity to take time off from that dreadful place (state of existence), really!

Since Purgatory is a state of existence, there is no measure of time, and seconds there feels like years, minutes feel like centuries, and some people are there until the end of the world (then Purgatory ceases to exist, and then it is just Heaven) (those in hell stay in hell forever, READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

God bless you, and take time off of your Purgatory time, this is SO SERIOUS.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! Get this book, November 29, 2011

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Amazing book. It gives the biblical basis for purgatory. Oral history is where the bible orignated. Naturally, some oral history was so widely known and accepted and it wasn't written - but it was referred to in the natural course of conversation. This book is for every Catholic. Don't pass this one up.