The Catholic Church, Purgatory, and Money It is between the particular and general judgments, then, that the soul is purified of the remaining consequences of sin: вЂњI tell you, you will never get out till you have paid the very last copperвЂќ (Luke 12:59). Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.вЂќ In this general judgment all our sins will be publicly revealed (Luke 12:2вЂ“5).ДЄugustine said in The City of God that вЂњtemporary punishments are suffered by some in this life only, by others after death, by others both now and then but all of them before that last and strictest judgmentвЂќ (21:13). At the end of time, when Jesus returns, there will come the general judgment to which the Bible refers, for example, in Matthew 25:31-32: вЂњWhen the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. We know at once what our final destiny will be. We are judged instantly and receive our reward, for good or ill. Scripture says that вЂњit is appointed for men to die once, and after that comes judgmentвЂќ (Heb. When we die, we undergo what is called the particular, or individual, judgment. 21:27) and, while we may die with our mortal sins forgiven, there can still be many impurities in us, specifically venial sins and the temporal punishment due to sins already forgiven. The purification is necessary because, as Scripture teaches, nothing unclean will enter the presence of God in heaven (Rev. is entirely different from the punishment of the damnedвЂќ (CCC 1031). It notes that вЂњthis final purification of the elect. The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines purgatory as a вЂњpurification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven,вЂќ which is experienced by those вЂњwho die in GodвЂ™s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purifiedвЂќ (CCC 1030).

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