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 ...

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 ...

The Roman Catholic Church teaches that after death there is a state of Purgatory. This is a place where some people who have sinned are purified in a cleansing fire, after which they are accepted ...