It's the place where according to (now outdated) Roman Catholic belief, many if not most souls of the deceased went to be purged of sin before they could enter Heaven.
This is a Catholic belief, it is called Purgatory.
In Catholic theology Purgatory is a place that a Christian’s soul goes to after death to be cleansed of the sins that had not been fully satisfied during life. Other religions do not believe in this.
To stay out of purgatory, Catholics paid an "indulgence". Indulgences reduced time in Purgatory for sins that are already forgiven, they didn't necessarily keep you completely out of Purgatory. Also, the giving of money [meant as alms for the poor, but at one point was taken by the clergy (even then it wasn't an approved practice and was considered Simony)] to receive an Indulgence was stopped by Pope Pius V in 1567.
Purgatory can be a noun or an adjective. She felt like their relationship had entered purgatory. The classroom discussion turned to the idea of purgatory.
In Purgatory was created in 1985.
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No. The word purgatory is not in the Bible.
In purgatory we are purified from sin's effects.
No, because purgatory doesn't exist
Memos from Purgatory was created in 1961.
A Season in Purgatory was created in 1993.
Purgatory House was created in 2003.