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According to the Christian Church, what is Purgatory?

Question 3 options:

Purgatory is the physical place where the people can purge their worldly belongings to be ready to become monks or nuns.


Purgatory is living with illness, disease or poverty while on Earth so that after you die you go straight to Heaven.


Purgatory is the spiritual place where you can make a choice about what happens next.


Purgatory is the spiritual place after death where sinners are punished for their sins to be purified for Heaven.

Answer 1

Purgatory is the spiritual place after death where sinners are punished for their sins to be purified for Heaven.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the Christian context, Purgatory is the world between the living and the dead where the souls of dead people are kept or taken. And it is here that the souls are "purged" or purified to be eligible to enter Heaven.

But not all sections of Christianity believe in Purgatory. Protestants, in particular, did not believe in it due to the fact that the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross was the greatest 'purification' needed to get to heaven. Moreover, they argued that there is no Biblical evidence to support the existence of purgatory.

Thus, according to the Christian Church, purgatory is the spiritual place after death that punishes and purifies sinners to get to Heaven.