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287 Purgatorytirely free from venial faults, or have not fully paid the satisfactiondue to their transgressions . . . . The souls therein detained are helpedby the suffrages of the faithful, but principally by the acceptablesacrifice of the altar ." (The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XII)A false doctrine.ORIGIN"Whatever the views of some Church fathers on the subject, as adoctrine [purgatory] was unknown in the Christian Church for thefirst 600 years, and it does not appear to have been made an article offaith until the 10th century Purgatory as a burning-away of sins,'said Doellinger at the Bonn Conference of Old Catholics in 1875, `wasan idea unknown in the East as well as the West till Gregory theGreat [pope 595-6041 introduced it . . . . Gregory the Great added theidea of a tormenting fire .'" (McClintock and Strong's Cyclopcedia,Volume VIII, 1879 edition) Nowhere in any Catholic Bible translationis "purgatory" named . No Scripture text makes mention of a soulin "purgatory".Traditions of Men No Authority being more abundantly zealousas to Truthfulness of a Doctrine ; for the traditions of my fathers ."God's Word the Bible Is Col . 2 :8, Dy "Beware lest anythe True Guideman cheat you by philosophy andMatt . 15 :1-9, Dy "Then came to vain deceit ; according to the trahimfrom Jerusalem scribes and dition of men, according to thePharisees, saying : Why do thy elements of the world and notdisciples transgress the tradition according to Christ."of the ancients? For they wash John 8 :31, 32, Dy "Then Jesusnot their hands when they eat said to those Jews who believedbread . But he answering, said to him : If you continue in my word,them : Why do you also trans- you shall be my disciples indeed,gress the commandment of God And you shall know the truth,for your tradition? . . . Hypocrites, and the truth shall make youwell hath Isaias prophesied of free ."you, saying : This people honour- Isa . 8:20, Dy "To the law rathethme with their lips : but their er, and to the testimony, And ifheart is far from me. And in vain they speak not according to thisdo they worship me, teaching word, they shall not have thedoctrines and commandments of morning light."men ."No Soul Is Conscious AfterGal . 1 :10-16, Dy "I give you to Death tounderstand, brethren, that thetory" Tormented ingospel which was preached by meP . Hence theis not according to man . For nei-Payers Prayers forther did I receive it of man, norDeaddid I learn it but by the revelahNothingtion of Jesus Christ. For you Ezek . 18 :4, Dy "Behold allplishhave heard of my conversation in souls are mine : as the soul oftime past in the Jews' religion : the father, so also the soul ofhow that, beyond measure, I per- the son is mine : the soul thatsecuted the church of God and sinneth, the same shall die ."wasted it . And I made progress Eccl . 9 :10, Dy "Whatsoever thyin the Jews' religion above many hand is able to do, do it earnestofmy equals in my own nation, ly : for neither work, nor reason,