The story was instrumental in shifting Western European perceptions of purgatory, transforming it from a mere idea into a real physical location.

1 Peter 1:7 Another commonly misunderstood teaching of the Church concerns Purgatory. Purgatory is not a second-chance for damned souls to repent. Instead it is a state of cleansing and ...

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What the Catechism of the Catholic Church says on "Purgatory:" 1031. "The Church gives the name Purgatory to this final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment ...

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partly because most real good that has been done me in this life has involved it. (Letters to Malcolm, Letter XX) Lewis beautifully proposes that we would actually desire to go to Purgatory ...