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The belief in purgatory, fundamental with the Roman Catholic Church, is based by the Church authorities chiefly upon II Macc. xii. 44-45: "If he [Judas] had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the (dead. . . .
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Complete contents the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia. A. J. D. E....
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Is there any sort of Purgatory or Satan in Jewish teachings? By Eliezer Danzinger. a) Various sources suggest that Gehinom, Purgatory, is a physical place, somewhere deep beneath the earth's surface, where the souls of the wicked are punished. 1. Nachmanides (Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman 1195-1270) writes: 2.
The belief in purgatory, fundamental with the Roman Catholic Church, is based by the Church authorities chiefly upon II Macc. 12:44-45: "If he [Judas] had not hoped that they that were slain should have risen again it had been superfluous and vain to pray for the (dead. . . .
6 lut 2023 · Gehenom is often thought of as the Jewish version of hell, but an examination of the places it appears in the Talmud presents something more nuanced. Part purgatory, part hell, part passageway, Gehenom becomes a place for punishment and redemption.
3 lis 2024 · Gehinnom: purgatory, the spiritual realm in which the souls are cleansed from the blemishes brought about by their conduct while on Earth
The term Gehenna derives from an actual physical location – a small valley in Jerusalem known as Gei Hinnom. But in the rabbinic mind, it is also a quasi-purgatory where, after death, one’s deeds are judged and one can reflect on one’s human shortcomings.
Purgatory pre-dates the specific Catholic tradition of purgatory as a transitional state or condition; it has a history that dates back before Christ, to related beliefs also in Judaism, that prayer for the dead contributes to their afterlife purification.
