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Every trace of attachment to evil must be eliminated, every imperfection of
the soul corrected. Purification must be complete, and indeed this is
precisely what is meant by the Church's teaching on purgatory. The term
does not indicate a place, but a condition of existence. Those who, after
death, exist in a state of purification, are already in the love of Christ
who removes from them the remnants of imperfection (cf. Ecumenical Council
of Florence, Decretum pro Graecis: DS 1304; Ecumenical Council of
Trent, Decretum de iustificatione: DS 1580; Decretum de purgatorio: DS 1820).
It is necessary to explain that the state of purification is not a
prolungation of the earthly condition, almost as if after death one were
given another possibility to change one's destiny. The Church's teaching
in this regard is unequivocal and was reaffirmed by the Second Vatican
Council which teaches: 'Since we know neither the day nor the hour, we
should follow the advice of the Lord and watch constantly so that, when
the single course of our earthly life is completed (cf. Heb 9:27), we may
merit to enter with him into the marriage feast and be numbered among the
blessed, and not, like the wicked and slothful servants, be ordered to
depart into the eternal fire, into the outer darkness where "men will
weep and gnash their teeth' (Mt 22:13 and 25:30)" (Lumen gentium, n. 48).
認識煉獄或甚至 地獄、天國、永生 的概念
跟隨著人的理性程度而不斷的演化著
但終究不見得是人可以理解的
另外我比較喜歡純淨，而不是完美的說法....
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