The Biblical Basis for Purgatory

Jesus taught us about it, and for centuries the Church has faithfully defined and defended it. Protestants deny it even exists, while many Catholics fundamentally misunderstand it. It is Purgatory: that place of purifying penance where souls saved by Christ are made perfect and acceptable to spend life eternal in heaven.

In The Biblical Basis For Purgatory, author and apologist John Salza (Why Catholics Cannot Be Masons) offers the definitive scriptural explanation of this distinctively Catholic doctrine. Building on the teachings of Christ and St. Paul, he shows how the existence of a place of temporal punishment after death is not only a logical extension of what we know about the reality of sin and God's justice, but is also a supreme expression of God's love and mercy.

Although Purgatory is a place of mercy, its pains are real, and they are severe. This book does more than defend and explain Purgatory it provides a solid plan, drawn from the Church s perennial wisdom for conquering our sins by God s grace, while still on earth.

• Hungry Souls: Supernatural Visits, Messages and Warnings from Purgatory
• Purgatory Explained (with Supplemental Reading: What Will Hell Be Like?) [Illustrated]
• Prayers, Promises, and Devotions for the Holy Souls in Purgatory
• End of the Present World and the Mysteries of the Future Life
• Saints Who Saw Hell: And Other Catholic Witnesses to the Fate of the Damned
• Forty Anti-Catholic Lies: A Mythbusting Apologist Sets the Record Straight
• How to Avoid Purgatory
• Amazing Miracles of Padre Pio: and the stories behind them
• Holy Water and Its Significance for Catholics
• The Devil in the City of Angels: My Encounters With the Diabolical