Purgatory

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Originally Posted by Deo Gratias

Matt. 12:32 – Jesus says, “And anyone who says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven; but no one who speaks against the Holy Spirit will be forgiven either in this world or in the next.” Not forgiven in this age or the age to come.

What could be forgiven in heaven? or hell? Yet Jesus is implying that some sort of post-death forgiveness can occur for some sins, because He takes care to point out that it won't happen for the sin of speaking against the Holy Spirit.

Purgatory is non-existent. There is not one plain statement Jesus ever made to the effect that a purgatory will occur for people, and to take passages like you are taking makes purgatory something IMPLIED AT BEST, but NEVER stated in plain terms in the bible. Would such an important doctrine be derived from VAGUENESS of IMPLICATIONS and not be plainly stated? Of course not.

Not being forgiven in the age to come is not speaking of a PLACE to come, but AN AGE. It implies everyone will experience THIS AGE. How can that imply purgatory, since not everyone will go through purgatory in the minds of the Catholic teaching? The blood of Jesus alone cleanses from all sin, and we cannot add to that some idea of purgatory to do the work through suffering. Jesus suffered for us in regards to sin. We need not suffer for sin in one minuscule manner. We suffer for other reasons, but never for sin. Jesus spoke those words before the cross. THE AGE TO COME was the age of the CHURCH. neither before the church age started nor during the church age would that sin be forgiven. It is not speaking about the afterlife. More later.